Martinez

MEMORANDUM **

Appellant was injured when his hands were burned in a heat-sealing machine. The primary issue before the Court is whether there is a genuine issue of material fact on the question whether Appellee Jefferson Smurfit Corporation, formerly known as Container Corporation of America (collectively “Smurfit”), manufactured, designed or placed into the stream of commerce the machine that injured Appellant. The lower court entered summary judgment in favor of Smurfit, concluding that Smurfit produced affirmative evidence that the injury-producing machine was not a Smurfit machine and that Appellant failed to meet his burden of raising a genuine issue of fact that the machine was a Smurfit machine. Appellant appeals this determination, several evidentiary rulings, and the denial of his motions for reconsideration. After carefully considering the evidence, we affirm.

Because the parties are familiar with the factual and procedural history of this case, we will not recount it here. In cases predicated upon products liability, a plaintiff must identify the manufacturer of the product and establish a causal relationship between the injury and the product. 1 Smurfit produced…