Legal Opinion
Sharp v. Wyatt, Inc.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided July 5, 1994No. 14862PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Per curiam
This appeal concerns the scope of liability under the warnings provision of Connecticut’s product liability statute, General Statutes § 52-572q.1 The named defendant, Wyatt, Inc. (Wyatt), a wholesale distributor of petroleum products, sold its products to the Norbert E. Mitchell Company (Mitchell), a retail fuel dealer in Danbury. Mitchell stored the petroleum products on its premises in underground tanks surrounding a vault that housed valves. On February 3, 1983, three employees of Mitchell died from asphyxiation after descending into the vault.
On January 24, 1985, the plaintiffs,2 as…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Connell v. ColwellSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1990
- Wadia Enterprises, Inc. v. HirschfeldSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1992
- Stankiewicz v. Zoning Board of AppealsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1989
- Sharp v. Wyatt, Inc.Connecticut Appellate Court · 1993
- Whisper Wind Development Corp. v. Planning & Zoning CommissionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1994
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3Cited by38 opinions
- Annamarie Lamontagne, Doreen A. Festa and Susan B. Pregler v. E.I. Du Pont De Nemours & Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1994
- In Re Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether Products Liability LitigationDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2005
- Vitanza v. Upjohn Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 2001
- Gajewski v. PaveloSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1996
- Greco v. United Technologies Corp.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 2006
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