Sandra Paul v. Henri LinT Machine Tools, Inc.

HELENE N. WHITE, Circuit Judge.

In this tragic workplace-death case, Sandra Paul, personal representative of her husband’s estate, appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment to Defendant Henri-Liné Machine Tools (HLMT), the manufacturer and seller of the milling machine her husband was oper ating when he was mortally injured. For the reasons stated below, we AFFIRM.

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In February 1999, Lincoln Park Boring, a machining company in Michigan, contracted HLMT to design, manufacture, and install a custom overhead-gantry milling machine at a cost of $2.5 million. HLMT installed the machine…