Wooding v. L & J PRESS CORP.

Lena Wooding brought a strict liability in tort action for personal injuries resulting from an accident involving the operation of a punch press. L & J Press Corporation, which manufactured the punch press, and other manufacturers and distributors of safety devices and attachments to the punch press, were named as defendants. The lower court granted L & J Press’ motion for summary judgment and denied plaintiff’s motion to vacate that judgment. Plaintiff appeals.

Plaintiff was injured in December 1975, while operating a punch press as an employee of Kalmus & Associates. The complaint alleged…