Willson Safety Products v. Eschenbrenner

Otis H. Turner, Justice.

The appellee, Alex Eschenbrenner, while operating a drill machine at the White Rogers manufacturing plant in Batesville, suffered a ruptured eardrum and displaced meniscus of the tempromandibular jaw joint (TMJ). While operating the machine, the appellee was wearing a pair of Willson hearing-protectors, resembling headphones, when a co-worker pulled one of the protectors away from the appellee’s head and released it, allowing the earcup to snap sharply against the appellee’s ear and face.

The appellee filed a products liability action against the appellant, Willson…