Legal Opinion
Mays v. Ciba-Geigy Corp.
Supreme Court of Kansas
Decided March 26, 1983No. 54,176PublishedCited by 99 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
McFarland, J.:
In this action plaintiff Larry Keith Mays seeks recovery for personal injuries suffered when a gas pipeline system on which he was working exploded. Theories advanced for liability of the various defendants include negligence, manufacturing defect, failure to warn, and breach of express warranty. The trial court entered summary judgment in favor of each defendant and plaintiff appeals therefrom.
PRELIMINARY FACTUAL STATEMENT
A number of complex issues are raised, several of which involve intensive scrutiny of different facets of the factual…
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