Gray v. Badger Mining Corp.

OPINION

HANSON, Justice.

This appeal focuses on the district court’s denial of a motion for summary judgment brought by a supplier of silica to dismiss the products liability claim of an injured foundry worker. The issue is whether the raw materials supplier, respondent Badger Mining Corp. (Badger Mining), breached a duty to warn the worker, appellant Lawrence B. Gray (Gray), of hazards associated with the use of silica in foundry processes. The court of appeals reversed the district court, holding that because Gray’s employer, Smith Foundry, was a sophisticated purchaser and Badger Mining was…