Legal Opinion
Reddick v. White Consolidated Industries, Inc.
District Court, S.D. Georgia
Decided February 24, 1969No. 1374-1376, 1383, 1385PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER OF COURT ON MOTIONS TO DISMISS
LAWRENCE, District Judge.
These cases grow out of asphyxiations caused by an improperly installed vent connected with a gas heater manufactured by the defendant. Motions to dismiss are addressed to each of the four counts.
The arguments center on the first negligence count, Count I, in which it is alleged that the installer (an independent contractor) read and followed the manufacturer’s manual of instructions which came with the packaged appliance. It is claimed that the instructions were wanting both as to completeness and as to necessary warnings.…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Helene Curtis Industries, Inc. And Cosmair, Inc. v. Edd Pruitt and Marjorie Ann PruittCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
- Lovejoy v. Minneapolis-Moline Power Implement Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1956
- Hamon v. DiglianiSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1961
- Hartmon v. National Heater Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1953
- Flint River Cotton Mills v. ColleyCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1944
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Bituminous Casualty Corp. v. Black & Decker Manufacturing Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1974
- Robert E. Rhodes v. Interstate Battery System of America, Inc., and Johnson Controls, Inc., Formerly Globe-Union, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1984
- Reid v. Eckerds Drugs, Inc.Court of Appeals of North Carolina · 1979
- Chisholm v. JR SIMPLOT COMPANYIdaho Supreme Court · 1972
- Bowman v. General Motors Corp.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1974
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