Legal Opinion
Jones v. Bowie Industries, Inc.
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided June 29, 2012No. Nos. S-13227, S-13247PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CARPENETI, Chief Justice.
I. INTRODUCTION
A worker suffered a traumatic above-the-knee amputation of his right leg in a work-related accident in 2008. The accident happened when he used his foot to push a bale of mulch that he was feeding into a machine; his leg was caught in the machine and amputated. He received workers' compensation benefits for the injury and later sued the manufacturer and the owner of the machine under various tort theories. After trial a jury found that the manufacturer was not negligent and the product was not defective. It also found that the company that owned…
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