Legal Opinion
Jennings v. Franz Torwegge MacHine Works
District Court, W.D. Virginia
Decided September 6, 1972No. Civ. A. 70-C-13-APublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WIDENER, District Judge.
On February 6, 1970, plaintiff, Teddy Jennings, filed suit against Franz Torwegge Machine Works and Garrison Machinery Company. Prior to October, 1964, the Vaughan Furniture Company of Galax, Virginia ordered a machine called a veneer jointing guillotine through the Garrison Machinery Company. Garrison obtained the machine from the Franz Torwegge Machine Works, a West German firm. The defendant, Garrison Company, installed the machine in the Vaughan plant in Galax.
On February 7, 1968, plaintiff Jennings, a Vaughan employee, suffered the loss of his left hand…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Peak Drilling Co. v. Halliburton Oil Well Cementing Co.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1954
- Norfolk Southern Railroad v. GretakisSupreme Court of Virginia · 1934
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