Legal Opinion
Hall v. Ashland Oil Co.
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided January 15, 1986No. Civ. H-81-600 (MJB)PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RULING ON MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
BLUMENFELD, Senior District Judge.
This product liability claim arises out of the exposure of plaintiff’s decedent, Powell-Oscar Hall, to benzene allegedly manufactured and sold by the defendant to the decedent’s employer. The plaintiff, Rose Mary Hall, brought action as administratrix of her husband’s estate and on her own behalf, seeking damages for his personal injury and death, punitive damages, and damages for loss of consortium. Her complaint is based upon theories of strict products liability, negligence, and breach of warranty for failure to test…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
- United States v. Diebold, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Annette Heyman v. Commerce and Industry Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1975
- Beale v. HardyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1985
- American Manufacturers Mutual Insurance Company v. American Broadcasting-Paramount Theatres, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1967
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Evelyn Nye v. Bayer Cropscience, Inc.Tennessee Supreme Court · 2011
- Mason v. Texaco, Inc.District Court, D. Kansas · 1990
- Gray v. Badger Mining Corp.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 2004
- Hoffman v. Houghton Chemical Corp.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2001
- Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. v. Ralph Wilson Plastics Co.Michigan Court of Appeals · 1993
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