Legal Opinion
Donald Lee Smith and Mary Smith, Donald Lee Smith v. Borg-Warner Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 22, 1980No. 78-2919PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GEE, Circuit Judge:
Appellant Donald Lee Smith worked for A. Schulman, Inc. (“Schulman”) at the latter’s plant in Orange, Texas. On May 21, 1973, Smith was seriously burned in an accident at his work place, and his resulting injuries form the basis for this lawsuit. Smith was in charge of the equipment used by Schulman to “compound” a thermoplastic raw material known as ABS, which is a versatile plastic used in a variety of items, such as telephones, ice chests, and the like. In particular, Smith was compounding ABS 101, a very common commodity-type product that is used in manufacturing black…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Clarence Borel v. Fibreboard Paper Products Corporation, Nationalsurety Corporation, Intervenor-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
- Turner v. General Motors Corp.Texas Supreme Court · 1979
- Frank Coughlin, Padre Concrete Corporation, A. W. Van Cleave, Jr. And Allied Crushed Stone Company v. Capitol Cement Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- Technical Chemical Company v. JacobsTexas Supreme Court · 1972
- Abbott Laboratories v. GravisTexas Supreme Court · 1971
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3Cited by34 opinions
- Taco Cabana International, Inc. v. Two Pesos, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1991
- Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 98,777, 11 Fed. R. Evid. Serv. 781 Chemetron Corporation, Cross-Appellant v. Business Funds, Inc., Cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
- Joyce Wells v. Hico Independent School District, Etc., Veriena Braune v. Hico Independent School District, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1984
- Dixon v. International Harvester Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1985
- Don Lee Bass and Jerome Clarence Fernandez, Cross v. International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Etc., Local No. 582, CrossCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
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