Legal Opinion
Armentrout v. FMC Corp.
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided December 14, 1992No. 91SC312PublishedCited by 76 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Mullarkey
This case arises from an accident in which Lynn Armentrout was crushed between a stationary truck base and the rotating superstructure of a crane manufactured by FMC Corporation (FMC). Ar-mentrout incurred severe injuries as a result of the accident and, with his wife, Tina Armentrout, filed an action against FMC seeking damages on theories of strict liability for failure to warn, strict liability for defective design, negligence in warning, and negligence in design. The jury returned a verdict in favor of FMC, and the trial court entered judgment accordingly.
The court of appeals reversed the…
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