Smith v. Crouse-Hinds Co.

GARRARD, P.J. —

This is an action for personal injury. The plaintiff, Smith, was injured in an explosion at the plant of his employer, Marbon Chemical Co. He sued Crouse-Hinds, the manufacturer of the electrical switches used in the plant claiming that the switches were defective and unreasonably dangerous because they were constructed so that a metal pin might become disengaged and fall out. At trial Smith attempted to place in evidence such a pin, but it was excluded on objection. The court then excluded evidence from Smith’s expert witness based upon his examination of that pin. At the…