Legal Opinion
F. O. Grey v. Hayes-Sammons Chemical Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 7, 1962No. 19133_1PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WISDOM, Circuit Judge.
This is a products liability case. The culprit is a growth hormone, 2-4D or 2-4-5T, a weed killer, minute quantities of which kill cotton.
Mississippi law controls the substantive issues.
F. O. Grey, a cotton grower in Yazoo County, Mississippi, filed suit in the state court against the Hayes-Sammons Chemical Company, a Texas manufacturer of insecticides, for $11,423.75 for damage to his 1957 crop allegedly caused by a harmful herbicide contained in a sealed can of insecticide purchased from HayesSammons through a distributor, T. A. Quinn Chemical & Fertilizer Company.…
2Cases cited29 opinions
- MacPherson v. . Buick Motor Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1916
- Burr v. Sherwin Williams Co.California Supreme Court · 1954
- Carter v. Yardley & Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1946
- Zentz v. Coca Cola Bottling Co.California Supreme Court · 1952
- Ford Motor Company v. Loreto Mondragon, Ford Motor Company v. Farmers Insurance Exchange, by Farmers Underwriters Association, Attorney-In-FactCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1959
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3Cited by29 opinions
- Doris R. Edwards, Etc., Cross-Appellant v. Sears, Roebuck and Company, Cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
- Helene Curtis Industries, Inc. And Cosmair, Inc. v. Edd Pruitt and Marjorie Ann PruittCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
- Robert D. Putman v. Erie City Manufacturing CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1964
- Centennial Insurance Company, Plaintiff-Counter v. Ryder Truck Rental, Inc., Defendant-Counter Claimant-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1998
- Ford Motor Company v. Marvin R. MathisCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1963
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