WEEKES v. MICHIGAN CHROME & CHEMICAL COMPANY

No. 15796.

352 F.2d 603 (1965)

Eustace WEEKES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. MICHIGAN CHROME & CHEMICAL COMPANY, a Michigan Corp., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit.

November 10, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold B. Desenberg, Detroit, Mich., Moll, Desenberg, Purdy, Glover & Bayer, Detroit, Mich., on brief; Humphreys Springstun, Detroit, Mich., of counsel, for appellant.

George L. Downing, Detroit, Mich., Kelman, Loria, Downing & Craig, Detroit, Mich., on brief, for appellee.

Before MILLER, O'SULLIVAN and EDWARDS, Circuit Judges.


O'SULLIVAN, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff-appellee, Eustace Weekes, contracted a serious skin condition as a result of working with "Miccrowax C-600," sold by defendant-appellant, Michigan Chrome & Chemical Company.1 A jury awarded him $24,000 damages in an action charging that defendant had negligently failed to provide adequate warning of the dangers involved in using this wax and to advise the proper precautions for avoiding them. Appellant...

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