Case Name: David SHULSTAD, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. BERKEL, INC. d/b/a United States Slicing Machine Co., Inc., Defendant and Appellee
Court: North Dakota Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: North Dakota
Decision Date: 1986-06-19
Citations: 389 N.W.2d 346
Docket Number: Civ. No. 11094
Parties: David SHULSTAD, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. BERKEL, INC. d/b/a United States Slicing Machine Co., Inc., Defendant and Appellee.
Judges: VANDE WALLE, LEVINE and MESCHKE, JJ., concur.
Reporter: North Western Reporter 2d
Volume: 389
Pages: 346–347

Head Matter:
David SHULSTAD, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. BERKEL, INC. d/b/a United States Slicing Machine Co., Inc., Defendant and Appellee.
Civ. No. 11094.
Supreme Court of North Dakota.
June 19, 1986.
Rufer, Hefte, Pemberton, Schulze, Sorlie, Sefkow & Kershner, Fergus Falls, Minn., for plaintiff and appellant; argued by H. Morrison Kershner.
Arvesen, Lundeen, Hoff, Svingen & Athens, Fergus Falls, Minn., for defendant and appellee; argued by Thomas C. Athens.
Nicholas J. Spaeth, Atty. Gen., Lynn C. Jordheim, Sol. Gen., Michael J. Geiermann, Asst. Atty. Gen., Bismarck, for amicus curiae State; argued by Lynn C. Jordheim.
Lundberg, Nodland, Lucas & Schulz, P.C., Bismarck, amicus curiae for North Dakota Wholesalers & Manufacturers Ass’n, Inc.; argued by A. William Lucas.

Opinion:
GIERKE, Justice.
David Shulstad appeals from a district court judgment dismissing his products liability action. The district court granted the motion of appellee, Berkel, Inc., d/b/a United States Slicing Machine Co., Inc. (Berkel), for summary judgment pursuant to § 28-01.1-02 of the North Dakota Century Code. We reverse and remand for trial.
On August 31, 1981, Shulstad, while employed by a retail meat market was severely injured. Shulstad was cleaning a meat grinder when a fellow employee turned on the power which engaged the auger. Shul-stad's right hand was mangled and permanently injured. The meat grinder was manufactured by Berkel on July 8, 1965.
On appeal, Shulstad challenges the constitutionality of § 28-01.1-02, N.D.C.C., the "statute of limitation" of the North Dakota Products Liability Act. Recently, we considered the validity of § 28-01.1-02 and found it to be violative of Article I, § 21 of the North Dakota Constitution. Hanson v. Williams Co., 389 N.W.2d 319 (N.D.1986). Accordingly, we reverse and remand for trial.
VANDE WALLE, LEVINE and MESCHKE, JJ., concur.
ERICKSTAD, Chief Justice, dissenting,
I respectfully dissent for the reasons stated in my dissent in Hanson v. Williams Co., 389 N.W.2d 319 (N.D.1986).