Cloroben Chemical Corp. v. Comegys

McNEILLY, Justice:

This appeal and cross-appeal concerns a successful products’ liability action brought by the plaintiffs, Angela Comegys (Angela) and her mother, Charlotte Comegys (Charlotte), against the defendants, Alfred A. Dorsey, Inc. (Dorsey) and Cloroben Chemical Corporation (Cloroben).

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On July 21, 1976 Angela and Charlotte were in their Wilmington apartment when a plumber, Alfred Dorsey, arrived as requested, to unclog the drain. Upon realizing that he could not manually unclog the drain, he went to Speakman’s Plumbing Company and purchased a one quart container of Drain Snake, a…