Potter v. John Bean Division of Food Machinery & Chemical Corp.

These are two actions of tort brought by Robert Potter and Julius Savicki against John Bean Division of Food Machinery and Chemical Corporation (the substituted defendant, hereinafter called Bean). The plaintiffs alleged negligence on the part of Bean “in the designing, manufacturing, assembling, handling or distribution” of its product, a “John Bean On-The-Car Wheel Balancer.” These two actions were consolidated for trial with a companion action by Savicki against Food Machinery and Chemical Corporation, based on allegations that were identical with those by Potter and Savicki against Bean.…