Lawson v. Valve-Trol Co.

Cacioppo, Judge.

Craig Lawson, an Indiana resident employed as a press operator for the Western Rubber Company (“Western”) at Goshen, Indiana, suffered severe injuries on July 14, 1986, when a heated portion of the press fell and trapped his arms. The press was manufactured by the French Oil Mill Machinery Company (“French Oil”), an Ohio corporation, and delivered to Western in 1974.

Lawson received Indiana workers’ compensation benefits for medical expenses and permanent disability. On November 18, 1987, Lawson and his wife filed a products liability action against French Oil and another Ohio…