PITTSBURGH – Black & Decker has disclaimed all liability for allegedly being the cause of amputation injuries suffered by a woodworker from Northwestern Pennsylvania while using what he referred to as defective electric tools.
Justin S. Wentz of Erie first filed suit in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas on Oct. 30 versus Black & Decker (U.S.) Inc. (doing business as “Porter-Cable”) and The Black & Decker Corporation of Towson, Md., Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. of New Britain, Conn. and Porter-Cable Corporation of North Jackson, Tenn.
(All defendants except Black & Decker (U.S.) Inc. were dismissed from the case on Dec. 7.)
“On Aug. 16, 2018, plaintiff was operating the Porter Cable Model 75361 Production Router Base and Model 7519 Production Router [electric motorized power tools] in the course of his of employment at Schutte Woodworking, in a manner intended by defendants and for the foreseeable and intended purposes for which it was designed, manufactured, sold, supplied and serviced by the defendants,” the suit stated.