Legal Opinion
Payne v. Soft Sheen Products, Inc.
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided January 16, 1985No. 83-1218PublishedCited by 86 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MACK, Associate Judge.
Joyce L. Payne, the plaintiff below, appeals from a judgment entered upon a ruling of the trial court granting the motion of defendant, Soft Sheen Products Inc. (Soft Sheen), for a directed verdict.
Joyce Payne originally brought this action against Soft Sheen and Delavell Thrower to recover damages for second-degree burns sustained as a result of the application by Mrs. Thrower, a beautician, of a permanent wave product manufactured by Soft Sheen to Miss Payne’s hair. The complaint alleged that the failure of the manufacturer and the beautician to warn of the product’s…
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