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prod.liab.rep.(cch)p 12,741 Diane Goins, Administratrix of Bessie Mae Sheppard, Deceased v. The Clorox Company Boyle-Midway Household Products, Inc.

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided February 26, 1991No. 90-5676PublishedCited by 126 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BOYCE F. MARTIN, Jr., Circuit Judge.

Diane Goins, who is the administratrix of her mother Bessie Mae Sheppard’s estate, appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment to the defendants, the Clorox Company and Boyle-Midway Household Products, Inc., in this products liability action predicated on Tennessee diversity jurisdiction. We affirm.

On January 23, 1988, Mrs. Bessie Mae Sheppard was visiting the home of her friend, Mrs. Barbara Large, in Lenoir City, Tennessee. While at Mrs. Large’s home, Sheppard and Large attempted to clear a clogged drain in the kitchen. Sheppard began this…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, Administratrix of the Estate of CatrettSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  2. prod.liab.rep.(cch)p 11,133 Steven Gregg v. Allen-Bradley Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1986
  3. Kochins v. Linden-Alimak, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1986
  4. Browder v. PettigrewTennessee Supreme Court · 1976
  5. Evridge v. American Honda Motor Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1985

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3Cited by126 opinions

  1. Guarino v. Brookfield Township TrusteesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1992
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  3. John Jones v. City of FranklinCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2017
  4. Coffey v. Dowley Manufacturing, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2003
  5. Hurt v. Coyne Cylinder Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1992

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