Legal Opinion
Swindlehurst v. Resistance Welder Corp.
Michigan Court of Appeals
Decided October 21, 1981No. Docket 56079PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtE. E. Borradaile, J.
Gary Swindlehurst was injured on June 5, 1978, while operating a machine manufactured by defendant Resistance Welder Corporation (hereafter Resistance), while employed by third-party defendant General Motors Corporation (hereafter GMC). He alleged that the machine on which he was injured had controls which were inadequate because a "fail safe” control was not provided which would prevent operation of the machine until the operator pushed and continued to push the control button. The complaint against Resistance was based on negligence and breach of certain implied warranties.
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