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DOUGLAS v. ROBBINS & MYERS, INC.

No. K79-632 C.A.

505 F.Supp. 765 (1980)

Howard DOUGLAS, Plaintiff, Du-Wel Products, Inc., Silent Party Plaintiff, v. ROBBINS & MYERS, INC., Defendant.

United States District Court, W. D. Michigan, S. D.

December 23, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. VanLeuven, Muskegon, Mich., for plaintiff.

Kenneth R. Oosterhouse, Grand Rapids, Mich., for silent party plaintiff.

Buford A. Upham, Grand Rapids, Mich., for defendant.

OPINION

FOX, Senior District Judge.

This case is presently before this court for resolution of questions involving the workers' compensation law in Michigan following the emergence of the doctrine of comparative negligence.

The factual background of this case is that plaintiff, who was employed by Du-Wel Products, Inc., was injured at work when a hoist manufactured by Robbins & Myers allegedly malfunctioned. Du-Wel, a workers' compensation self...

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