Legal Opinion
Soutiere v. Betzdearborn, Inc.
District Court, D. Vermont
Decided January 29, 2002No. CIV.A. 299CV299PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
SESSIONS, District Judge.
Plaintiffs Gary Soutiere and Wesley Frost together with their spouses brought this action in strict liability, breach of warranty and negligence, claiming that they sustained neurological injury from their use of and exposure to polyacrylamide floc-culents in the course of their employment at the IBM manufacturing facility in Essex Junction, Vermont. Defendants Betz-Dearborn Inc. (“Betz”) and Ashland Inc. (“Ashland”), 1 manufacturers and distributors of the floeculent, have jointly moved for summary judgment on the ground that the applicable statute…
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