Legal Opinion
Hill v. Joseph T. Ryerson & Son, Inc.
West Virginia Supreme Court
Decided May 6, 1980No. 14111PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Miller, Justice:
United States Steel Corporation [U. S. Steel] appeals an adverse judgment in the amount of $125,000 in favor of Joseph T. Ryerson & Son, Inc. [Ryerson]. The judgment was the result of a product liability action filed by Mr. Robert Hill against Ryerson in the Circuit Court of Monongalia County, in which U. S. • Steel was found to have the ultimate liability for manufacturing the defective product — a steel pipe.
Hill received injuries to his left eye when a hydraulic cylinder on which he was working split under pressure. The steel cylinder was part of a large tube or pipe that…
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