Percy Lenoir v. C. O. Porter MacHinery Company and Buss Automation, Inc.

JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge:

This tort action was brought by Percy Lenoir against C. O. Porter Machinery Co. (Porter), Buss Automation, Inc. (Buss), and several other defendants who were voluntarily dismissed prior to trial. Lenoir lost his left hand and forearm when his arm was caught in a planer (“Surfacemaster”) manufactured by Porter. Buss manufactured the conveyor leading into the planer and designed the layout of the woodworking area where the accident occurred. At the conclusion of Lenoir’s case at trial, which based liability upon strict liability in tort, implied warranty, and…