Legal Opinion
Burch v. Amsterdam Corporation
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided December 1, 1976No. 9774PublishedCited by 71 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MACK, Associate Judge:
Appellants George and Susan Burch brought this action to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by Mr. Burch in an explosion and flash fire that occurred while he was applying a floor tile adhesive sold to Mrs. Burch by appellee Amsterdam Corporation. A third-party complaint was filed against appellee Syracuse Adhesives Company, the manufacturer of the product. Appellants primarily alleged that Amsterdam negligently failed to provide adequate warnings on the label affixed to the can of adhesive and failed to comply with the labeling requirements of the Federal…
2Cases cited43 opinions
- Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Henry S. Bloomgarden v. Charles B. CoyerCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1973
- Stevens v. Parke, Davis & Co.California Supreme Court · 1973
- Maize v. Atlantic Refining Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1945
- n.sidney Nyhus v. Travel Management CorporationCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1972
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3Cited by71 opinions
- Richard Leander Ferebee, Jr. v. Chevron Chemical CompanyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1984
- Nader v. De ToledanoDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1979
- Paul v. Howard UniversityDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2000
- Dewey v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1990
- Mays v. Ciba-Geigy Corp.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1983
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