Torre v. Harris-Seybold Co.

This is a products liability case, predicated on the negligent design of a precision paper cutting machine manufactured by the defendant and known as the “Seybold Saber II Gutter.” The plaintiff was injured on April 27, 1970, while working on the machine as an employee of the Milton Bradley Company in East Longmeadow, when a hydraulically operated clamp designed to hold in place the materials being sheared during the machine’s cutting cycle came down and crushed a portion of his left hand. The action has been tried four times: once before a master, facts not final, and three times to juries…