Buchan v. Lawrence Metal Products, Inc.

Johnson, Presiding Judge.

John Buchan alleges that he was standing in line at the Atlanta Hartsfield International Airport when the vinyl retractable tape on a crowd-control barrier became detached from a metal post and struck him in the arm. Buchan sued Lawrence Metal Products, Inc., the purported manufacturer of the Tensabarrier crowd-control system, based on theories of negligence and strict liability. Buchan alleged that Lawrence Metal was negligent in that it failed to exercise reasonable care in the design, manufacture, inspection, and distribution of the Tensabarrier system, that it…