Cutter v. Massey-Ferguson, Inc

On December 6, 1977, while working on the farm of his employer, third-party defendant and appellant George Pardonnet, plaintiff, Lance Cutter, was severely injured when his legs became entangled in the intake area of an auger-feed conveyor system. Plaintiff sued Massey-Ferguson, Inc., its wholly-owned subsidiary and the designer and manufacturer of the conveyor system, defendant Badger-Northland, Inc., and others, claiming negligence in failing to instruct adequately as to safety requirements, to warn sufficiently regarding safe operation and to obtain and install necessary additional…