Rigo Manufacturing Company v. Thomas

CALVERT, Chief Justice.

This suit was filed by respondents, Reginald Thomas and wife, against Dr. C. I. Shult and Rigo Manufacturing Company, for damages alleged to have been sustained by reason of the death of respondents’ infant son who died after drinking Kill Ko, an insecticide. The suit against Rigo, a foreign corporation, was based upon its alleged failure as manufacturer of Kill Ko adequately to warn of the dangerous properties of its product, and the suit against Dr. Shult was based upon alleged malpractice.

Respondents, as plaintiffs, asserted two causes of action against the…