Grillo v. Burke's Paint Company, Inc.

Plaintiff Grillo, doing business as B-G Paint Co., brought this action for damages against defendant Burke’s Paint Company and defendant E. I. du Pont de Nemours (du Pont). Plaintiff had a contract with the State of Oregon to paint the Youngs Bay bridge in Clatsop County. Plaintiff purchased the paint from defendant Burke’s, who had mixed it according to specifications which had been supplied to Burke’s along with the specified pigment by defendant du Pont. The paint supplied by defendants was defective in that the pigments used were incompatible with each other and the paint turned yellow…