Legal Opinion
Brown v. MERROW MACHINE COMPANY
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided April 1, 1976No. Civ. H-74-47, H-74-48PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RULING ON MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
BLUMENFELD, District Judge.
On October 4, 1972, while she was operating a sewing machine manufactured by the defendant Merrow Machine Company, the plaintiff, Audry Brown, lost one of her eyes when the needle in the machine broke and she was struck by a fragment. The accident occurred at her place of employment in Anniston, Alabama. On October 4, 1973, she and her husband filed suits against the defendant in the Northern District of Alabama, alleging negligence and breach of warranty.
In a ruling dated February 1, 1974, the District Court for the Northern…
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