Dildine v. Clark Equipment Co.

Steele Hays, Justice.

This is a product liability case against a manufacturer and its distributor. The questions on appeal are whether the trial court was correct in excluding testimony of an expert witness for the plaintiff on the issue of liability, and in granting defense motions for a directed verdict. We think the court erred in part in these rulings.

Thomas Dildine, the appellant, began working for Tenco, Inc., a feed and grain supplier, in January, 1982. The work included operating a front-end loader known as a “632 Bobcat”, which Dildine used to load cattle feed into a mixing bin. The…