Legal Opinion
Springmeyer v. Ford Motor Co.
California Court of Appeal
Decided January 27, 1998No. A070809PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
HANLON, P. J.
Respondent Bruce Springmeyer, a mechanic with B. C. Lawson Drayage, Inc., was working on the engine in one of Lawson’s Ford trucks on April 13, 1992, with the hood up and the engine running, when a fan blade broke off from the engine and struck him in the right shoulder, severing his right arm from his body. Surgeries have reattached the arm, and restored some feeling and movement in the arm, but Mr. Springmeyer, who was right-handed, has lost the use of his right hand, has been unable to resume work, and lives with chronic severe pain from the accident.
Mr. Springmeyer and…
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