Legal Opinion
Ebenhoech v. Koppers Industries, Inc.
District Court, D. New Jersey
Decided December 24, 2002No. Civil 00-5641(JBS)PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SIMANDLE, District Judge.
This Court is presently called upon to decide, among other issues, an issue of first impression, namely whether an action may lie in New Jersey products liability law when a tank car used to transport a hazardous chemical has some of the hazardous chemical on its exterior and causes injury to an employee of the consumer of the chemical. For the reasons that follow, this Court finds that a plaintiff injured by the chemical spill may allege that the tank car, with the spill on its exterior, suffers from a manufacturing defect.
This Court will also decide the…
2Cases cited38 opinions
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