Findlay v. Copeland Lumber Company

McAllister, j.

This is a products liability case in which plaintiff, who was injured in a fall, claimed that his fall was caused by the collapse of an aluminum ladder on which he was standing. Defendant R. D. Werner Co. (“Werner”) manufactured the ladder and defendant Copeland Lumber Company (“Copeland”) sold it to plaintiff. A third defendant, General Aluminum Products Co., is no longer involved in the action. Plaintiff produced evidence that the ladder collapsed because a rivet hole had been drilled off-center, substantially reducing the ladder’s load-bearing capacity, ① while defendants’…