Class v. American Roller Die Corp.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

BRAITHWAITE, J.A.D.

This appeal involves the issue of product line successor liability. Plaintiff, Ramon Class, was injured at work in November 1988, while operating a press that was manufactured in 1954. The original manufacturer of the press, American Roller Die Corporation (Ardcor), dissolved prior to the accident. Plaintiff initiated a product liability action naming various corporations as defendants. Three of those defendants, Lee Wilson Engineering Company, Inc. (Wilson), American Roll Tooling, Inc. (American), and P & F Industries (P & F),…