Jose Luis Hernandez operated a poniard slitter for Schill Steel Co in Houston.

Jose Luis Hernandez operated a poniard slitter for Schill Steel Co in Houston. The machine is used to chisel raw rolled sheet metal into specified widths and continuances In 1983, Hernandez's arm was separateed in the machine.

In 1984 Hernandez su claiming there was a design foible in the re-rolling proces that caused his injury. The defendants were Cincinnati-Forte Co which formed and installed the machine at the Schill plant in 1969 and Koch Machinery Co Cincinnati-Forte's agent and marketer in Texas.

The Texas trial court rul that the lawsuit was barred through the ...

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