Legal Opinion
Robertson v. Superior PMI, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 11, 1986No. 85-4264PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
IRVING L. GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:
The gruesome nature of accidents in the workplace never diminishes. This diversity case presents yet another tragedy. Nineteen year old Richard Robertson, an employee of Hunt Plywood Company, stood working at his station on Hunt’s plywood assembly line. Not more than two feet “downstream” and to his right operated Superior PMFs automated “flying saw,” whose novelty rested in its synchronization with the movement of the line and its attendant ability to clamp and then cut across the sheets of plywood as they moved along the line. Cut completed, clamp and saw…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Suter v. San Angelo Foundry & MacHine CompanySupreme Court of New Jersey · 1979
- Halphen v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1986
- Bell v. Jet Wheel Blast, Div. of Ervin IndustriesSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1985
- Bexiga v. Havir Manufacturing Corp.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1972
- Prestenbach v. Sentry Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1976
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Cates v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1991
- Cates v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1991
- Guidry v. Frank Guidry Oil Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1991
- Hardy Dotson, III and Dorothy M. Dotson v. Clark Equipment CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1986
- prod.liab.rep. (Cch) P 12,346 Fred Davis, Cross-Appellant-Cross-Appellee v. Commercial Union Insurance Company, Intervenor-Appellee, Cross-Appellee-Cross-Appellant v. Continental Gin Company, Allied Products Corporation, as Successor Company to Continental Gin Co., Cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1990
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