Bouverette v. Westinghouse Electric Corp.

In this wrongful death and products liability action, defendant Westinghouse Electric Corporation (herein “defendant”) appeals as of right the circuit court’s entry of judgment in favor of plaintiffs after a jury verdict awarding plaintiff $499,610.90 following the death of her husband in an industrial accident. We affirm.

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Plaintiff’s decedent husband, forty-one-year-old David Bouverette, was employed as a journeyman electrician by Sebewaing Industries, Inc., an automotive parts stamping company. On June 7, 1995, Bouverette died of an apparent electrocution while working on a control panel…