Bronson v. J. L. Hudson Co.

These actions were brought originally by husband and wife against defendant retailer to recover for injury and damages allegedly caused by chemical irritants in a ladies undergarment, a cotton slip, purchased and worn by plaintiff-wife and charged to the account of her husband.1 It is claimed that immediately upon wearing the garment, plaintiff-wife began to suffer severe dermatitis, with attendant pain, disfigurement, and emotional stress. The emotional stress is alleged to have triggered a heart attack. At the close of plaintiffs’ proofs, defendant moved for a directed verdict which the…