Trimper v. Bruno-Sherman Corp.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

CHURCHILL, District Judge.

The plaintiff, James Allen Trimper, was injured while using a press and brings this products liability action to recover damages, pursuant to the court’s diversity jurisdiction. The motion for summary judgment requires this Court to make a determination under Michigan law with respect to the scope of the products liability doctrine created by the Michigan supreme court in Turner v. Bituminous Casualty Co., 397 Mich. 406, 244 N.W.2d 873 (1976).

The expansive nature of liability concepts in products liability cases in Michigan is not only demonstrated…