Legal Opinion

Apex Oil Company, Inc. v. Jones Stephens Corp.

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided February 5, 2018No. 16-3684PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

COLLOTON, Circuit Judge.

Apex Oil Company appeals a grant of summary judgment dismissing, several products liability claims that it brought against Jones Stephens Corporation. We agree with the district court 1 that there was insufficient evidence to support any of the theories that Apex advances on appeal, and we therefore affirm.

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Jones Stephens sold a PlumBest plumbing supply line to a builder or plumbing contractor, and it was installed in 2004 or 2005 at a building owned by Apex Oil Company in Humphrey, Arkansas. The supply line, which was connected to a toilet on the second floor of the…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Group Health Plan, Inc. v. Philip Morris Inc.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 2001
  2. Berkeley Pump Co. v. Reed-Joseph Land Co.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1983
  3. West v. Searle & Co.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1991
  4. Grovatt v. St. Jude Medical, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2008
  5. Philip Morris Cos. Inc. v. MinerSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2015

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3Cited by11 opinions

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  4. Jonathan Edwards v. Skylift, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2022
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