McCollum v. Grove Manufacturing Co.

BECTON, Judge.

I

Facts and Procedural History

The parties stipulated that the plaintiff was struck by a crane on 15 June 1977 while working for Carolina Cast Stone Company, Inc. (Carolina Cast Stone); that the crane had been designed and manufactured by the defendant, Grove Manufacturing Company, in June 1975 and had subsequently been sold to Carolina Cast Stone; and that the crane was in substantially the same condition at the time of the accident as it had been when it left the defendant’s possession.

Plaintiffs evidence tended to show that Carolina Cast Stone manufactured heavy pre-cast stones…