Rogers v. Unimac Co., Inc.

CAMERON, Chief Justice.

On 30 November 1972, Barrett Rogers, a nineteen year old employee of the Country Club Car Wash in Tucson, Arizona, fractured his arm, wrist and hand in several places when his arm was caught in the spinning extractor basket of a Unimac 202 commercial washer-extractor. He brought an action against Unimac Corporation, manufacturer of the appliance, on the theory of strict liability in tort. From the granting of the defendant’s motion for a directed verdict, the plaintiff appeals seek*305ing to have the judgment reversed and the case remanded for a new trial. This court has…