Wood v. Procter & Gamble Manufacturing Co.

DOWD, Judge.

Plaintiff appeals the dismissal of his personal injury action for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. We affirm.

The evidence most favorable to the lower court’s decision is as follows. At the time of the injury, defendant-respondent Procter & Gamble operated a plant in St. Louis City where it manufactured soap and other household products. Respondent maintained silos at this plant to store materials necessary for its manufacturing. In 1987, moisture entered silo 710, which contained a dry chemical in powdered form, causing a three foot thick layer of the chemical to cake onto the…