Legal Opinion
Brock v. Caterpillar, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided August 26, 1996No. Nos. 94-5077, 94-5078PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWellford, J., joined by Merritt, C.J.,
KEITH, J. (pp. 226-27), delivered a separate opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part.
WELLFORD, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff, Gary Wayne Brock, was a longtime bulldozer operator for Nally & Hamilton (“N & H”), a reclamation company doing work in coal mining areas in mountainous Harlan County, Kentucky. In June of 1990, Brock began work on a “high wall” where strip mining had taken place.1 Brock normally operated a Caterpillar model D8L bulldozer, but on one particular day, N & H assigned him to a larger model D9H, which was also manufactured by defendant Cater*222pillar, Inc. (“Caterpillar”).…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1993
- Montgomery Elevator Co. v. McCullough Ex Rel. McCulloughKentucky Supreme Court · 1984
- Jones v. Hutchinson Manufacturing, Inc.Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1973
- Nichols Ex Rel. Nichols v. Union Underwear Co.Kentucky Supreme Court · 1980
- Dierschke v. O'CheskeySupreme Court of the United States · 1991
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3Cited by18 opinions
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