Travenol Laboratories, Inc. v. Bandy Laboratories, Inc.

HALL, Justice.

This is a suit for damages based upon bacterial contamination of three serials of rabies vaccine manufactured by plaintiff Bandy Laboratories, Inc. In the processing of the vaccine, plaintiff’s employees used surgeon’s gloves manufactured by defendant Travenol Laboratories, Inc., which were sold to plaintiff by defendant Herndon Medical and Surgical Supply, Inc. The gloves were marketed by Travenol and sold by Herndon in sealed packages labeled “Sterile Latex Surgeon’s Gloves.” Plaintiff asserted the cause of the contamination of its vaccine was microscopic holes in the gloves…