Legal Opinion
Melvin Moss v. Parks Corporation, (Two Cases)
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided March 3, 1993No. 92-1354, 92-1475PublishedCited by 119 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MORGAN, District Judge:
The Plaintiff in this case, Mr. Melvin Moss, suffered severe burns when fumes from paint thinner he was using erupted into flames. The Plaintiff brought suit against defendant Parks Corporation (“Parks”), the paint thinner’s manufacturer, alleging five causes of action based upon a failure to warn pursuant to the Federal Hazardous Substances Act’s (“FHSA”) labeling requirements found at 15 U.S.C.A. § 1261(p)(l)(F) (West Supp. 1992). Parks moved for summary judgment on the basis that the Plaintiff’s counts of failure to warn were preempted by the FHSA and its…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Rice v. Santa Fe Elevator Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Cipollone v. Liggett Group, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1992
- Silkwood v. Kerr-McGee Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Perini Corporation v. Perini Construction, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1990
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3Cited by119 opinions
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- Vito Milanese, Jr. And Suzanne Milanese v. Rust-Oleum CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2001
- Busch v. Graphic Color Corp.Illinois Supreme Court · 1996
- Worm v. American Cyanamid Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1993
- Brown v. Philip Morris Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2001
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