Legal Opinion
Martinez v. Atlas Bolt & Screw Co.
Colorado Court of Appeals
Decided June 18, 1981No. 78-1098PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SMITH, Judge.
Plaintiff, Elizabeth Martinez, brought this products liability action against the defendant, Atlas Bolt & Screw Company (Atlas), in connection with the death of her husband, Edward Martinez, allegedly caused by defective and unreasonably dangerous equipment manufactured by the defendant. Plaintiff appeals from a judgment entered upon a jury verdict in favor of defendant. We reverse.
The plaintiff’s husband was killed on March 12, 1975, at the C.F.&I. plant in Pueblo, Colorado, when an electric coke locomotive crushed him between a wall he was working on and a hot coke car being…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Hiigel v. General Motors CorporationSupreme Court of Colorado · 1976
- Union Supply Co. v. PustSupreme Court of Colorado · 1978
- Anderson v. Heron Engineering Co.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1979
- Roberts v. MayColorado Court of Appeals · 1978
- Frazier v. Kysor Industrial Corp.Colorado Court of Appeals · 1980
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3Cited by12 opinions
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- Shultz v. Linden-Alimak, Inc.Colorado Court of Appeals · 1986
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