Kraft v. Carborundum Co.

Judgment and order unanimously affirmed, with costs to plaintiff. Memorandum: These are appeals from a judgment after a jury trial, which granted plaintiff, Joseph Kraft, the sum of $325,000 plus interest and costs on his cause of action for negligence against Carborundum Company and which granted Carborundum a 40% indemnification on its third-party action against Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corporation (Allegheny). While engaged in his duties as an employee of Allegheny, plaintiff was using a grinding wheel manufactured by Carborundum in conjunction with a pneumatic power grinder manufactured by…