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SCHIELE v. HOBART CORP.

No. A7603-03253; SC 25473.

587 P.2d 1010 (1978)

284 Or. 483

Myrtle M. SCHIELE, Appellant, v. HOBART CORPORATION, D/B/a the Hobart Manufacturing Company, a Corporation; Dayton Electric Manufacturing Co., a Corporation; George Bach Co., D/B/a Hobart Sales & Service Company, a Corporation; Franklin Electric Subsidiaries, Inc., F/K/a J.B. Dove, Inc., F/K/a J.B. Dove & Sons, Inc., a Corporation; Blake, Moffitt & Towne, Inc., a/K/a Saxon Industries, a Corporation; Borden Chemical, a Division of Borden, Inc., a Corporation, Respondents, Filmco Packaging Film, a Subsidiary of R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., Defendant.

Supreme Court of Oregon.

Decided December 5, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan M. Scott, Portland, argued the cause for appellant. With him on the brief was Galton, Popick & Scott, Portland.

John R. Barker, Portland, argued the cause for respondent Dayton Electric Manufacturing Co. With him on the brief were William R. Miller, Jr., and Jones, Lang, Klein, Wolf & Smith, Portland.

James H. Clarke, Portland, argued the cause for respondents Borden Chemical and Blake, Moffitt & Towne, Inc. Ridgway K. Foley, Jr., Portland, argued the cause for respondent Franklin Electric Subsidiaries, Inc. With them on the brief were Tooze, Kerr, Peterson, Marshall & Shenker, Edwin J. Peterson, and Paul J. Lorenzini, Portland, for respondents Hobart Corporation and George Bach Co.; Souther, Spaulding, Kinsey, Williamson & Schwabe, and Wayne A. Williamson, Portland, and Dezendorf, Spears, Lubersky & Campbell, and David B. Markowitz, Portland.

Before DENECKE, C.J., and HOLMAN, HOWELL, BRYSON, LENT and LINDE, JJ.

HOLMAN, Justice.

Plaintiff, a meat wrapper, brought an action seeking damages for permanent injuries which is based upon a products liability cause of action. Defendants are the manufacturers and distributors of various meat wrapping machines, the manufacturer of a ventilating unit incorporated in one of the machines, and the manufacturer and distributor of a polyvinyl chloride meat wrapping film used with the machines. Following an exchange of pleadings and the taking...

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