Legal Opinion
Casagrande v. FW Woolworth Co. Inc.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 14, 1960PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWhittemobe, J.
The defendant excepted to the denial of its motion for a directed verdict in this action for breach of an implied warranty of merchantability in the sale, in July, 1956, of a jar of a deodorant which bore the statement “nonirritating to normal person.” The plaintiff asked for deodorant and the salesgirl gave her the “Mum” which she had bought many times before.
It could have been found that the use of the material in the jar caused the plaintiff’s dermatitis. The plaintiff testi fled that irritation began in her armpits about an hour after application of the deodorant. The plaintiff also…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Epstein v. Boston Housing AuthorityMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
- Florence Wright and Roy Wright v. Carter Products, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1957
- Bianchi v. Denholm & McKay Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
- Payne v. R. H. White Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
- Botti v. Venice Grocery Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1941
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3Cited by24 opinions
- Helene Curtis Industries, Inc. And Cosmair, Inc. v. Edd Pruitt and Marjorie Ann PruittCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
- Hayes v. Ariens Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1984
- Wolfe v. Ford Motor Co.Massachusetts Appeals Court · 1978
- Paul H. Allen v. Chance Manufacturing Co., Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1989
- Magee v. Wyeth Laboratories, Inc.California Court of Appeal · 1963
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