Maas v. Dreher

HAIRE, Judge.

The plaintiff, Paula Maas, injured her hand when she purposely hit the corner of the lid of a plastic waste container in an attempt to make the lid fit properly. She then sued the manufacturer of the waste container, the retailer who sold it to her, and a salesman employee of the retailer to recover damages for these injuries to her hand.

Plaintiff’s uncontradicted evidence showed that the waste container was assembled by a friend of the plaintiff immediately after purchase. The friend had some difficulty getting the lid on and used a dinner fork as a tool to make it slip into…