Fuqua v. INGERSOLL-RAND CO., INC.

The issue presented in this case is whether the trial court erred in entering a summary judgment for the defendant, Ingersoll-Rand Company against the plaintiff, Ernest Fuqua, Jr., an employee of the 3M Company, who was injured by an allegedly defective chain hoist. After a careful review of the evidence submitted, we find that Ingersoll-Rand failed to meet its initial burden of showing a complete absence of any genuine issue of material fact. Accordingly, we must reverse and remand.

Fuqua was an employee of 3M Company, in its Decatur, Alabama, plant. Fuqua's job at the time in question was to…