Reed v. ST CLAIR RUBBER CO.

Third-party defendant’s motion for summary judgment was granted in the St. Clair County Circuit Court for third-party plaintiffs failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted. Defendant third-party plaintiff now appeals as of right. For purposes of this opinion, defendant third-party plaintiff will hereinafter be referred to as "St. Clair Rubber” and third-party defendant will be referred to as "Hoover”.

On August 3, 1976, an explosion occurred at Hoover’s chemical and adhesive factory in Port Huron. Plaintiff and several others, employees of Hoover, were performing their jobs at…