McGOLDRICK v. PORTER-CABLE TOOLS

Docket No. 41288.

34 Cal.App.3d 885 (1973)

110 Cal. Rptr. 481

WILLIAM McGOLDRICK, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. PORTER-CABLE TOOLS et al., Defendants and Respondents; INDUSTRIAL INDEMNITY COMPANY, Intervener and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Two.

October 29, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Nicholas Granet, Mansell & Giddens and Dwight T. Randall for Plaintiff and Appellant and for Intervener and Appellant.

Lynberg & McHale, Michael J. McHale, Charles A. Lynberg, Wyman, Bautzer, Rothman & Kuchel and Judith O. Stein for Defendants and Respondents.


OPINION

ROTH, P.J.

On August 14, 1967, appellant, William McGoldrick, a glazier, was injured on the job when a saw manufactured by defendant Porter-Cable Tools (PCT) attached to a stand manufactured by defendant Commercial Tool and Die Company (CTD) flew apart due to a broken saw housing and struck appellant's left forearm severely injuring the same. Appellant sued both defendants on the theory of strict liability in tort (Greenman...

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