Legal Opinion

Daniel G. Padillas v. Stork-Gamco, Inc

Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Decided August 31, 1999No. 97-1853PublishedCited by 164 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

SCHWARZER, District Judge:

Daniel Padillas was injured while washing down the blade of a drum and thigh cutter (“DTC” or “the machine”) designed, manufactured and sold by Stork-Gamco, Inc. (“Stork”) and owned and operated by his employer, Pennfield Farms. The DTC carries chicken carcasses, hanging by their legs, toward a horizontally rotating blade which separates the drumstick from the thigh. The injury occurred when the high-powered hose Padillas was using to clean the machine became entangled in the overhead conveyor and drew his left forearm into the unguarded edge of…

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