Kerns v. Lenox MacHine Co., Inc.

The plaintiff, Tym R. Kerns, filed a products liability suit against the defendant, Lenox Machine Company, Inc., for injuries he received in an industrial accident on August 4, 1974. The plaintiff lost part of a hand while working on a páper cutting machine which the defendant had manufactured, set up, and sold to plaintiff’s employer, Union Camp Corporation. The plaintiff’s complaint alleged that the paper cutting machine was unreasonably dangerous and defective when it left the defendant’s control and was the proximate cause of plaintiff’s injuries. The defendant filed an answer denying…