Product Liability Accidents

Thomas Cook & Sons v. Assembled Homes, Inc., 357 Mass. 425 (1970)  The complaint failed to adequately state a cause of action in tort where it alleged only negligence due to inferior craftsmanship.

Worker killed in mechanical lift accident  Settlement obtained for the family of a worker killed when a mechanical goods lift at his place of employment malfunctioned, causing the worker's death. Sugarman successfully brought claims against the foreign parent corporation of the worker's employer.

Zeller v. American Safety Razor Corp., 15 Mass. App. Ct. 919 (1983)  Patient injured when surgical blade broke in her back during spinal surgery. Verdict for patient was upheld where the defendants expressly waived their objections to the admission of evidence by failing to properly preserve their argument under Mass.R.Civ.P. 50(a).