HELENE CURTIS INDUSTRIES, INC. v. PRUITT

No. 22567.

385 F.2d 841 (1967)

HELENE CURTIS INDUSTRIES, INC. and Cosmair, Inc., Appellants, v. Edd PRUITT and Marjorie Ann Pruitt, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied January 2, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elmer H. Parish, Wichita Falls, Tex., W. Page Keeton, Austin, Tex., H. Dustin Fillmore, Fillmore & Fillmore, Wichita Falls, Tex., for appellants.

Jimmy Castledine, Wichita Falls, Tex., for appellees.

Before RIVES, THORNBERRY and AINSWORTH, Circuit Judges.


THORNBERRY, Circuit Judge:

This appeal is from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas in favor of Appellee for personal injuries sustained while using a mixture of Appellants' cosmetics. Appellee, Marjorie Ann Pruitt, sustained third-degree chemical burns on her scalp and right ear resulting from the application to her hair of a mixture of two products designed for bleaching purposes — "Helene Curtis New Blue Bleach...

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