Balsley v. Raymond Corp.

PRESIDING JUSTICE McNULTY

delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a July 1980 accident in which his hand was crushed by the falling of a 60-pound protective battery cover on a Raymond Model 75 sideloader (a machine similar to a forklift), plaintiff Ricky Balsley filed a product liability action against the machine’s manufacturer, the Raymond Corporation. A jury returned a verdict for the corporation and plaintiff now appeals this finding.

Plaintiff first contends that defendant’s expert was improperly allowed to testify regarding an alleged lack of other accidents involving the battery box…