Brannon v. Southern Illinois Hospital Corp.

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• holding that a manufacturer could be held not liable for death caused by a spreader bar left on a dumb- waiter for shipping purposes when the manufacturer had instructed the installer to remove the bar
• strict liability judgment affirmed against contractor who was hired to supply, assemble, and install a dumbwaiter in a hospital and who altered the device, thus causing the defect, after receiving it from the manufacturer
• strict liability judgment affirmed against contractor who was hired to supply, assemble, and install a dumbwaiter in a hospital and who altered the device, thus causing the defect, after receiving it from the manufacturer

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