Madden v. Cox

Bell, Judge:

This is a products liability action. Fred Madden, plaintiff’s decedent, was seriously injured when a steel tobacco bin designed and manufactured by Long Manufacturing Company fell on him. He sued his employer, Stacey Cox, and a coworker, Roosevelt Cobb, for Cobb's alleged negligence and sued Long for an alleged design defect in the bin and breach of an alleged duty to warn. Madden subsequently died of causes unrelated to the accident; his executrix was substituted as plaintiff.

The negligence action against Cox and Cobb was dismissed at the close of Madden’s case. The action…