Legal Opinion
Pritts v. J I Case Co.
Michigan Court of Appeals
Decided July 27, 1981No. Docket 46111PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtD. C. Riley, J.
This appeal stems from a products liability action originally filed by Mr. Pritts against Mi-Jack Products Company and Drott Manufacturing Company, a division of J. I. Case Company, for injuries sustained in an industrial accident on August 9, 1973. The accident occurred when a co-employee drove a travel lift over plaintiffs legs while both were working for their employer, Ragnar-Benson Company.
It is undisputed that the travel lift was manufactured by Drott in 1971 pursuant to an order by Mi-Jack, one of its dealers. Mi-Jack leased the travel lift to American Prestressed Concrete Company, a…
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