GARRISON v. ROHM AND HAAS COMPANY

Nos. 73-1490, 73-1491.

492 F.2d 346 (1974)

Thomas GARRISON, Plaintiff-Appellee, Orangeville Manufacturing Company, Inc., Defendant, Cross-Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ROHM AND HAAS COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant. Thomas GARRISON, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ORANGEVILLE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided February 26, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John P. Sandidge, Louisville, Ky., for defendants-appellants; Robert C. Hobson, Woodward, Hobson & Fulton, Louisville, Ky., on brief, for Rohm & Haas Co.; Victor W. Ewen, John G. Crutchield, Ewen, MacKenzie & Peden, Louisville, Ky., on brief, for Orangeville Manufacturing Co.

John E. Wise, Louisville, Ky., for plaintiff-appellee; Franklin S. Yudkin, Louisville, Ky., on brief, for Thomas Garrison.

Before WEICK and LIVELY, Circuit Judges, and JOINER, District Judge.


WEICK, Circuit Judge.

This is a products liability case in which jurisdiction was based on diversity of citizenship. The issues admittedly are governed by Kentucky law. The plaintiff, Garrison, was injured when a large carton containing sheets of Plexiglas fell off a dolly and struck him, at the plant of Rohn and Haas, in Louisville, Kentucky, where he was employed. The dolly had been manufactured by Orangeville Manufacturing Company, according to designs, plans and...

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