Gutelius v. General Electric Co.

Plaintiff recovered a judgment for damages for injuries which she suffered when her hair became entangled in a roller of a washing machine wringer which had been manufactured by defendant. The appeal is taken by defendant from the judgment, which was rendered by the court sitting without a jury.

Plaintiff bases her claim for damages upon her allegation of negligence in the manufacture of the washing machine in that the gear shift mechanism, by which the revolution of the rollers of the wringer was controlled, was defective. The trial court found that plaintiff “while using the said washing…