Legal Opinion
Suchomajcz v. Hummel Chemical Company
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided October 10, 1974No. Civ. A. 71-1833PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DITTER, District Judge.
The question in this case is whether a manufacturer is responsible for harm caused by the improper use of its products. The suit is one of many arising out of an explosion in which six children were killed or injured. Before the court is defendant’s motion for summary judgment.
Between November 1967 and November 1968, Hummel Chemical Company, a manufacturer of chemicals, food and vitamin products, sold Edwin C. Christie, Christie Industries and/or Ecco Products, certain chemicals which Christie used in the fabrication of fireworks and firecracker assembly kits. At…
2Cases cited23 opinions
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- CIPOLLA v. ShaposkaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1970
- Evelyn Edmondson Bland v. Norfolk and Southern Railroad Company, IncorporatedCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1969
- Barry J. Quinones v. United States of America, and United States Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs and Its Agents and EmployeesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1974
- Henry Janek v. Anthony J. Celebrezze, Secretary of Health, Education and WelfareCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1964
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Norman I. Suchomajcz, Administrator of the Estate of Norman Suchomajcz, a Minor v. Hummel Chemical Company, Newark, New JerseyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1975
- Barron v. Honeywell, Inc.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1975
- Carlsberg Resources Corp. v. Cambria Savings & Loan Ass'nDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1976