Suich v. H & B Printing MacHinery, Inc.

A products liability action brought by plaintiff Eugene Suich against the manufacturer of a gantry crane, H & B Printing Machinery, Inc. (H & B), and H & B’s third-party contribution action alleging negligence against plaintiff’s employer, Carrier Corp. (Carrier), were tried together before the same jury, resulting in a verdict in plaintiff’s favor for $2,800,707, and for H & B on its contribution claim, allocating fault as 20% to H & B and 80% to Carrier. Both H & B and Carrier appeal.

On appeal, H & B questions whether the circuit court erroneously struck portions of H & B’s assumption of…