Schooley v. Ingersoll Rand, Inc.

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• in determining whether modification or alteration of a product extinguishes defendant's liability, \[t]he question involved is whether the alteration of the product was a superseding cause.\
• although the danger of moving a large steel plate without safety chains was obvious, whether the rule would apply to bar plaintiffs recovery was a question of fact for the jury where moving the plate was part of employee’s job and the plate had been moved safely on many other occasions
• although the danger of moving a large steel plate without safety chains was obvious, whether the rule would apply to bar plaintiff's recovery was a question of fact for the jury where moving the plate was part of employee's job and the plate had been moved safely on many other occasions

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