Ferry v. Luther Manufacturing Co.

Judgment unanimously affirmed, with costs. Memorandum: Defendant manufactured a safety guard device which was affixed to a punch press machine owned by plaintiff’s employer, Jamestown Malleable Iron Company. After plaintiff had been assigned for about three months to operate this machine, on January 18, 1966 it malfunctioned by "double tripping”. When it did so, the safety guard failed to swing into place soon enough to remove plaintiff’s hand from the press area; his left hand was caught in the press and was severely crushed and mutilated, resulting in the loss of the middle and fourth…