Sauder Custom Fab, Inc. v. Boyd

OPINION

BURGESS, Justice.

Carl R. Boyd (Boyd) and wife Rhonda originally filed suit against Sauder Custom Fab, Inc., (Sauder) and others to recover damages Boyd suffered from falling approximately 50 feet inside a regeneration tower. Johnson Filtration Systems, Inc., (Johnson), the manufacturer of component parts known as screens, was later made a defendant. Sauder also cross-acted against Johnson contending Johnson was responsible for any alleged marketing defect in the regeneration tower.

By a ten-two verdict, the jury found a marketing defect in the regeneration tower and its component parts,…