Glenn v. E. I. DuPont De Nemours & Co.

Bussey, Justice.

The instant case is a sequel to Glenn v. Dunean Mills, et al., 242 S. C. 535, 131 S. E. (2d) 696, wherein a compensation award for death benefits was affirmed, based on a finding that the death of Carl Glenn, an employee of Dunean Mills, had been caused by exposure to a concentration of freon gas. Here the administratrix of his estate seeks to recover damages for the wrongful death of the said Glenn, from the appellant who allegedly manufactured and supplied the freon gas to which the decedent was exposed.

The complaint, in form, states two causes of action; in the first it is…