Mathis v. Harrell Company, Inc.

MADDOX, Retired Justice.

The sole issue in this case is whether the trial judge erred in entering a summary judgment in favor of the defendants in an action in which Kenneth Mathis claimed that he was injured by a defectively designed piece of farm machinery. We reverse and remand.

This action involves a piece of farm machinery called a Super Packer Cotton Module Builder (“Super Packer”) used to pack cotton into a module or bundle. The plaintiffs Kenneth Mathis and Betty G. Mathis, husband and wife, filed a five-count complaint against Harrell Company, Inc. (“Harrell Company”), the manufacturer…