Legal Opinion
Cohen v. Proctor & Gamble Distributing Co.
District Court, D. Delaware
Decided July 23, 1954No. Civ. No. 1590PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEAHY, Chief Judge.
Alleging diversity, jurisdictional amount, and personal injuries from use of defendant’s detergent, “Cheer”, plaintiff demands a jury trial and $100,000 in damages in his complaint.
It is alleged defendant Proctor & Gamble sold in Wilmington a soap product or detergent—“Cheer”—to customers for washing, clothing to be worn by human beings; plaintiff bought a box of “Cheer”; later he donned a pair of pajamas which had been laundered in “Cheer”. Plaintiff claims after this he had a heavy rash over his body, “with the exception of his lower legs, and especially over his back,…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Saint Paul Mercury Indemnity Co. v. Red Cab Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Odlivak v. ElliottDistrict Court, D. Delaware · 1949
- Johnson v. FredrickDistrict Court, D. Nebraska · 1949
- Scott v. Pennsylvania R.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1949
3Cited by6 opinions
- Nelson v. KeeferCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1971
- Walter Jaconski v. Avisun Corporation and W. v. Pangborne & Co., IncCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1966
- Cohen v. Proctor & Gamble Distributing Co.District Court, D. Delaware · 1955
- In re Standard Gas & Electric Co.District Court, D. Delaware · 1954
- Cohen v. Proctor & Gamble Distributing Co.District Court, D. Delaware · 1957
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