Gunn v. Klean-Rite Cleaners, Inc.

Martha Gunn filed this suit claiming damages for personal injuries she incurred while using a washing machine in a “Laundromat” owned and operated by the defendant, Klean-Rite, Inc. She alleged the machine she used was manufactured by the other defendant, Borg Warner Corporation.

The type of machine involved operates in cycles controlled by a timer. When the starting lever is pushed, the timer causes water to flow into the machine and there follows a ten-minute period of agitation by an oscillator. Then there is a minute pause. Thereafter the wash water is drained out and clean water rinses…