Whitehead v. Dycho Co., Inc.

OPINION

DROWOTA, Chief Justice.

The Plaintiffs, Jo Ann Whitehead and her husband, Johnny R. Whitehead, brought this products liability action against multiple Defendants, seeking damages for Mrs. Whitehead’s personal injuries resulting from an explosion caused by a chemical known as “naphtha.” 1 She alleges in her complaint that Defendants were manufacturers or distributors of “naphtha” to which she had access at work. The complaint alleges that Defendants were liable to Plaintiffs on theories of strict liability in tort, breach of warranty, and negli gent failure to warn. The Trial Court…