McCurter v. Norton Co.

NUTTER, J. pro tem. *

This case involves a judgment in a nonjury trial, for respondent, an abrasive wheel manufacturer, in appellant’s action for negligence and breach of implied warranty for personal injuries sustained when a grinding wheel used by appellant in the course of his employment shattered, striking him and causing the loss of an eye and other injuries.

Appellant secured the wheel from a tool crib located within the appellant’s employer’s manufacturing complex. Originally, the wheel had a diameter of six inches but at the time appellant obtained it on the date of his injury, the…