Raatikka v. Olin Mathieson Chemical Corp.

This is an appeal by plaintiff from a summary judgment in favor of defendants Atlas Chemical Industries, Inc., and its salesman, David Bednar. Plaintiff was an employee of White Pine Copper Company and on April 2,1963, was engaged in blasting operations, which were conducted as follows. Approximately 39 holes, ranging from 8 to 12 feet in depth, were bored in the area to be mined. An electric blasting cap (which was manufactured by defendant Olin Mathieson Chemical, Corp.) was used to ignite a stick of dynamite 8 inches long and an inch and one quarter in diameter. The cap and dynamite served…