Legal Opinion
William H. Sowles v. Urschel Laboratories, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided April 17, 1979No. 78-1732PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SCHATZ, District Judge.
This products liability case arose when the plaintiff-appellant, William Sowles, injured his hand trying to unclog the blades of a poultry dicing machine while working for Campbell Soup Company in Worthington, Minnesota. Sowles brought suit against Urschel Laboratories, Inc. (hereinafter Urschel), an Indiana corporation which manufactured the machine in question. Sowles alleged that the machine itself was defective and, further, that Urschel was negligent in failing to provide adequate instructions concerning a safe method to unclog the dicer blades. Jurisdiction was…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Leif M. Hanson v. Ford Motor Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1960
- McCormack v. Hankscraft CompanySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1967
- Johnson v. EvanskiSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1946
- Edward C. McIntyre Et Ux., Appellants/cross-Appellees v. Everest & Jennings, Inc., Etc., Appellee/cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1978
- Sally A. Gisriel, Administratrix of the Estate of Thomas Jerome Gisriel v. Quinn-Moore Oil Corporation, and Uniroyal, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1975
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Louis v. LouisSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2001
- Baber v. DillSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1995
- Ralph M. Johnson v. Niagara MacHine & Tool Works, a New York CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1981
- Joao Demedeiros v. Koehring Co. v. Parker Brothers Co., Third-Party Joao Demedeiros v. Koehring Co. v. Parker Brothers Co., Third-PartyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1983
- prod.liab.rep.(cch)p 10,662 Michael Plante v. Hobart Corporation and the R.M. Flagg CompanyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1985
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