Mark Coonrod v. Columbus McKinnon Corporation

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS JUL 5 2024

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

MARK COONROD, an individual, No. 23-35215

Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. 3:18-cv-01530-AR

v.

MEMORANDUM*

COLUMBUS MCKINNON

CORPORATION, a foreign business corporation,

Defendant-Appellee,

v.

KONECRANES, INC., a foreign business corporation,

Defendant-third-party- plaintiff-Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Oregon Jeffrey Armistead, Magistrate Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted April 4, 2024 Portland, Oregon

Before: OWENS and FRIEDLAND, Circuit Judges, and RAYES,** District Judge.

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. Appellant Mark Coonrod worked as a welder fitter for Pierce Pacific

Manufacturing (“Pierce”). His job required him to use a crane equipped with a

hoist and mounting hook to move heavy parts onto his workstation. Coonrod was

injured on July 13, 2016, after the hoist came loose from its mounting hook and

struck…