Young v. Fulton Iron Works Co.

CROW, Judge.

The issue in this appeal is whether Fulton Iron Works Company (“Fulton”) is immune from liability for an injury that occurred when a mechanical press manufactured by Ferracute Machine Company (“Ferracute”) allegedly “malfunctioned,” causing Steven Lee Young (“Steven”) to suffer amputation of his right arm below the elbow. Steven and his wife, Tammy, sued Fulton, claiming that Steven’s injury was a direct and proximate result of “the defective and unreasonably dangerous condition” of the press, and that Fulton was liable because it “is the corporate successor in interest” to…