Smith v. Smith
South Dakota Supreme Court
1Opinion of the Court
BRAITHWAITE, Circuit Judge.
This is a products liability case arising out of personal injuries suffered by John Duane Smith (employee) when the fingers and thumb of his left hand were amputated by the blade of a band saw which was manufactured by defendant Aurora Industries (Aurora), distributed by defendant Bernard Dodd, Inc. (Dodd) and owned by his employer, defendant A. Kenneth Smith (employer).1
STATEMENT OF FACTS
Employee was hired by employer as a farm laborer. He was twenty-three years of age at the time of the accident and had lived and worked on farms all of his life. He was familiar…
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2Cases cited32 opinions
- West v. Caterpillar Tractor Company, Inc.Supreme Court of Florida · 1976
- Daly v. General Motors Corp.California Supreme Court · 1978
- Kirkland v. General Motors CorporationSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1974
- Dippel v. ScianoWisconsin Supreme Court · 1967
- Keener v. Dayton Electric Manufacturing CompanySupreme Court of Missouri · 1969
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- George BAILEY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Y & O PRESS COMPANY, INC., Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1985
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- Kimco Development Corp. v. Michael D'S Carpet Outlets & Laramie Corp.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1994
- Nelson v. Nelson Cattle Co.South Dakota Supreme Court · 1994
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