Neal v. Whirl Air Flow Corp.

Plaintiff James Neal brought this product liability action against defendants Whirl Air Flow Corporation and Whirl Air Flow Equipment and Supply Company to recover for loss of his left hand as a result of an industrial accident. Following a jury trial, a verdict was returned awarding plaintiff $120,000 damages. Defendants appeal from the judgment entered on that verdict.

At the time of the accident plaintiff, a journeyman pipefitter, had been employed for five months by Caterpillar Tractor Company to work in the maintenance department at the Mapleton Foundry. One part of the foundry made cores…