Conger v. Tel Tech, Inc.

OPINION

GARFF, Judge:

Plaintiff Robert E. Conger appeals from an adverse jury verdict on negligence, and the trial court’s directed verdict striking down his strict product liability claim against defendant Tel Tech. We affirm.

FACTS

In March 1979, Conger’s employer, Meadow Gold, purchased a milk tanker from Western General Dairies. The tanker had two elliptical stainless steel tanks used for transporting milk. A ladder led to the top of each tank. It was Conger’s responsibility to collect raw milk with the tanker from several dairy farms and take it to Meadow Gold’s processing plant in Salt Lake…