Lunghi v. Clark Equipment Co.

Opinion

WHITE, P. J.

This appeal is from a judgment based on a jury verdict in favor of defendant Clark Equipment Company, Inc. (Clark), manufacturer of a Bobcat front-end model 440 loader, in a wrongful death action brought by the survivors of a man (Lunghi) who was crushed to death in August 1976 by the descending boom and bucket of a Bobcat front-end model 440 loader when he tried to rescue a fellow employee (Perez) whose hand had become trapped in the loader’s framework while he was trying to repair a battery. The loader was manufactured by the Melrose Company, which had been purchased by…