Johnston v. J.C. Ehrlich Co.

WALLITSCH, J.,

We have before us a motion for summary judgment filed by defendant Dow Chemical Company, t/a Dow Chemical U.S.A., as well as a motion for partial summary judgment filed by defendant J.C. Ehrlich Co. Inc.

On October 1,1986, pursuant to an arrangement between plaintiffs, James and Betty Johnston, and Ehrlich, one of Ehrlich’s employees sprayed a pest control formulation containing Dursban L.O., an insecticide, and Precor 5E, an insect growth regulator, in the plaintiffs’ home. Four to six hours later, one of the plaintiffs, Betty Johnston returned home and was exposed to this flea…