Gulino v. Sherwin-Williams Co.

This is an action for breach of contract and breach of warranty arising from the allegedly defective quality of exterior house paint manufactured by and purchased from the defendant, Sherwin-Williams Company.

The defendant filed a third-party complaint for indemnification and contribution against third-party defendant Patrick Grady, a licensed professional painter who applied the Sherwin-Williams paint to the plaintiffs’ home. The defendant alleged that any flaking, peeling and cracking of the paint in question was attributable not to any defect in the paint, but to Grady’s negligence in using…