Baggett v. Alto Corp.

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION

HANCOCK, District Judge.

Plaintiff commenced this action in the Circuit Court for the Tenth Judicial Circuit of Alabama to recover for injuries allegedly sustained while she was using a bakery slicing machine located on her employer’s premises. Asserting that the machine was imminently dangerous and unsafe, plaintiff named Alto Corporation as a defendant, in essence charging it with negligently manufacturing the machine and negligently failing to warn plaintiff that the machine lacked proper safety devices. Plaintiff also named Lanham Machinery Company, Inc. as a…