Cooper v. Diversey Corp.

Harriett Cooper appeals from a summary judgment entered in favor of Diversey Corporation.

Our review of the record reveals the following: From May 1992 until September 1993, Cooper worked at Aratex Services, Inc., a commercial laundry establishment. It would appear from the record that all but one of the chemicals used by Aratex in its laundering process are manufactured and supplied by Diversey Corporation.

While employed at Aratex, Cooper experienced certain respiratory and dermatological problems which, she says, were caused by handling wet clothes saturated with chemicals and by being…