BERKELEY - Kenneth McCoy was injured at work when, while he was operating a printing press, his left hand was caught in one of the ink rollers. He sued his employer, Zahniser Graphics, Inc., based on Labor Code 4558. That section permits personal injury suits in civil courts if injury resulted from use of a power press which lacked a point of operation guard.The judge granted summary judgment for the employer, holding that a printing press is not a power press "because it does not utilize a die de
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