prod.liab.rep.(cch)p 10,870 Billy R. Gober v. United States of America, Fmc Corporation, Third Party

TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:

This is a Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) case, see 28 U.S.C. §§ 1346(b), 2671-2680 (1982), involving an accident that occurred in the State of Alabama.1 The district court held that Alabama law provided the claimant, Billy R. Gober, no right of recovery on the facts presented and granted the Government summary judgment. We affirm.

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The accident in this case took place at FMC Corporation’s manufacturing plant in Anniston, Alabama, on July 9, 1981. The claimant lost several fingers on his right hand while operating a forging press manufactured by E.W. Bliss Company. FMC…