Kerr v. Black Clawson Co.

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court (Demarest, J.), entered December 17, 1996 in St. Lawrence County, which denied third-party defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the third-party complaint.

In August 1994, while operating a paper machine winder as an employee of third-party defendant, plaintiff Dean E. Kerr sustained various injuries to his right forearm and wrist when his arm became caught in the machine. Kerr and his wife commenced this action against defendant Black Clawson Converting Machinery Corporation, the manufacturer and distributor of the paper machine winder,…