Tasca v. GTE Products Corp.

Plaintiffs, James and Ruth Tasca, husband and wife, appeal as of right from orders of the Macomb Circuit Court which granted summary disposition to defendants and dismissed plaintiffs’ claims for negligent failure to warn, breach of implied warranty of merchantability, and loss of consortium. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

Plaintiff James Tasca began working for Carboloy Systems Division of General Electric Company on January 31, 1966. Carboloy manufactures carbide tools. During the course of his employment, Tasca worked at various positions. Between September, 1978, and January, 1982,…