September 20, 2021
A Michigan federal judge on Monday freed auto parts maker Flex-N-Gate LLC from a suit over a maintenance worker who was killed by a faulty robot, saying state law blocks her husband's negligence claims.
August 27, 2019
An industrial robot maker has escaped a lawsuit brought by a man whose wife was killed by a malfunctioning robot in an auto parts plant in Michigan after a federal judge ruled that none of the defendant company's machines were involved.
September 25, 2018
A robotics company among several manufacturers being sued in Michigan federal court for the death of a technician whose head was crushed by an allegedly out-of-control robotic machine at an automotive parts plant sought Tuesday to be eliminated from the case, arguing it made no part of the automated machine in question.
March 10, 2017
A Michigan man slapped five robotics, automotive and welding companies with a suit in Michigan federal court after his wife's head was fatally crushed at an automotive parts facility by a wayward robot that he claims they failed to properly design, build and test.