Legal Opinion

Sawyer v. Pine Oil Sales Co.

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided June 7, 1946No. 11593PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WALLER, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiff sued for personal injuries alleged to have been caused by dangerous, deleterious, and harmful ingredients in a cleansing agent put out by the defendant, some of which, when used by plaintiff in cleaning a sink, splashed into her eye and caused painful and permanent injury. She alleges that the agent is manufactured by the defendant, put up in bottles which are closed with metallic screw caps; that there are statements on the label reading as follows: “Will not injure the hands” —“It will not injure the skin, fabric, tile, marble or wood” — and “For general…

2Cited by19 opinions

  1. Helene Curtis Industries, Inc. And Cosmair, Inc. v. Edd Pruitt and Marjorie Ann PruittCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
  2. Mays v. Ciba-Geigy Corp.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1983
  3. Mrs. Frances Buckley Ward, Cross-Appellant v. The Hobart Manufacturing Company, Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
  4. Moran v. Fabergé, Inc.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1975
  5. Marguerite Jamieson v. Woodward & LothropCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1957

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