Black & Decker router update: Company denies responsibility for man's amputation injuries
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.)...