Thelma Billiar v. Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company, Defendant/third Party Plaintiff v. Mennen-Greatbatch Electronics, Third Party

ROBERT L. CARTER, District Judge:

Plaintiff-appellee Thelma Billiar was employed by third-party defendant-appellant Mennen-Greatbatch Electronics (“Mennen”) as an assembler of electrodes for use in cardiac pacemakers. One step in the assembly process required plaintiff to prepare an electrical resin by mixing two liquid components manufactured by defendant-appellant Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company (“3M”) and distributed under the name Scotcheast Resin No. 5 (“Scotch-cast”).

The Scotcheast components were delivered to appellee’s work station in containers marked A and B. According to…