Smith v. McNeil Corp.

This is an appeal from orders entered by the circuit court which granted the motions of the defendants McNeil Corporation and W. W. Richardson Equipment Sales Company, Inc., for a directed verdict against the plaintiff, Richard L. Smith, and denied plaintiffs motion for a directed verdict on the affirmative defense of assumption of risk filed by the defendants.

This case was commenced by the plaintiff filing an action against the defendants for injuries he received while using a press brake machine. The action was predicated on strict products liability against the manufacturer of the machine,…