FMC Corporation v. Burns

KLINGEMAN, Justice.

This is a products liability case. Hugh Rouw, now deceased, and Winfred Burns, plaintiffs below, sued F.M.C. Corporation, defendant below, for damages allegedly resulting from the use of a wax product manufactured by defendant, in the processing of cucumbers from a farm operated by plaintiffs. Trial was to a jury who found that: defendant furnished to plaintiffs a waxing machine and wax product for use in the processing of cucumbers; the wax product so furnished was not reasonably fit for said use; plaintiffs’ cucumbers were damaged as a result of using defendant’s wax…