Johnson v. Chrysler Corp.

This is a product liability action. *535On July 19, 1969, plaintiff, Marie Johnson, an employee of Holland Die Casting Company (hereinafter referred to as Holland), was injured while operating a power punch press. The press was manufactured by Johnson Machine and Press Corporation, a company no longer in business, and sold to Holland in 1955 by defendant, Harvey Goldman & Company (hereinafter referred to as Goldman). At the time of the sale Goldman was the exclusive distributor in Michigan of Johnson presses. At the time of the injury, the press was equipped with dies owned by defendant Chrysler…