Family Filed Wrongful Death Suit After Robot Killed Factory Worker

At the sprawling auto-parts factory, while working in the male-dominated industry of robot technicians, Wanda Holbrook was in a league of her own. The 57-year-old Grand Rapids, Mich., woman had a specialty of fixing robots if something went wrong. Tragically, something did go wrong in 2015, but Holbrook never saw it coming. A robot’s arm malfunctioned, hitting and crushing Holbrook’s head, killing her. The tragedy devastated her husband, three children, grandchildren and dozens of coworkers who filled the back four pews at her funeral. Nearly two years later, her husband is still searching for answers, and he has turned to the courts for intervention.