Legal Opinion
Mary Faye Skotak, George Jerry Skotak, and Eric Norman Skotak, Cross-Appellees v. Tenneco Resins, Inc., Cross-Appellant
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 26, 1992No. 90-1256PublishedCited by 876 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BARKSDALE, Circuit Judge:
The widow and children of George Sko-tak (the Skotaks), appeal the summary judgment awarded Tenneco Resins, Inc. (TRI). Because the Skotaks did not produce sufficient evidence to create a genuine issue of material fact concerning the adequacy of the warning in issue, the judgment is AFFIRMED.
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George Skotak died as a result of liver cancer in 1986. The Skotaks sued TRI in district court under theories of strict liability, negligence, and breach of an implied warranty, alleging that the cancer was caused by Thorotrast, a drug manufactured between 1943 and 1953 by TRI’s…
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