Federal Judge Awards Summary Judgment to Maker of School Laminating Machine

NEWARK, N.J. — A federal judge has granted summary judgment to General Binding Corp. (NYSE: ACCO) after concluding that a school employee’s alleged injury did not result from a design defect in the company’s laminating machine or a failure to warn.

Chief Judge Jerome B. Simandle of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey granted General’s motion on May 10, and also dismissed a claim for loss of consortium by plaintiff Christine Mays’ husband, noting that Mays had not opposed summary judgment on negligence and manufacturing defect claims.

Mays complained that she injured her right index finger …