Buschlen v. Ford Motor Co.

On Remand

Before: R. M. Maher, P.J., and R. B. Burns and M. J. Kelly, JJ. M. J. Kelly, J.

We reconsider this case on remand from the Supreme Court, in light of that Court’s holding in Fredericks v General Motors Corp, 411 Mich 712; 311 NW2d 725 (1981).

Active Tool & Manufacturing Company designed, constructed, and sold machine tooling dies to Ford Motor Company. An affiliate of Active, Sebewaing Industries, Inc., used the dies in a power press to manufacture Ford automobile parts. Plaintiff Gary Buschlen, an employee of Sebewaing assigned to make the parts, lost his left hand when the power…