Whitson v. Safeskin Corp., Inc.

MEMORANDUM

MUNLEY, District Judge.

Before the court for disposition is the defendants’ motion for summary judgment. The motion has been fully briefed and argued and is ripe for disposition. For the following reasons, we will grant the defendants’ motion.

Background 1

Plaintiff Jean Whitson was employed as a registered nurse at Hanover General Hospital in Hanover, Pennsylvania, from April 21, 1990 to June 25, 1997. As a nurse, she used and was exposed to natural rubber latex gloves. As a consequence of her exposure to latex gloves, Ms. Whit-son has suffered a permanent hypersensitivity to products…