Anderson v. SYBRON CORPORATION

Birdsong, Judge.

The appellants in these companion cases are plaintiffs who sued appellee Sybron Corp., manufacturer of a sterilizer machine used by appellants at the Kendall Company plant in Augusta from about 1973 to 1977. The sterilizer machine utilized a chemical known as ethylene oxide (ETO), and allegedly leaked, causing gas from the sterilizer to escape. In April 1981 and July 1981 respectively, appellants Lewallen and Anderson separately sued Sybron for cataracts resulting from their contact with the gas. Both appellants first experienced physical problems which they had knowledge or…