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DOUGHERTY v. HOOKER CHEMICAL CORP.

No. 75-2270.

540 F.2d 174 (1976)

Nancy May DOUGHERTY, Administratrix of the Estate of Wayne Dougherty, Deceased, Appellant, v. HOOKER CHEMICAL CORPORATION (Subsidiary of Occidental Petroleum Corporation) et al., Third-Party Plaintiffs, v. BOEING VERTOL COMPANY, Third-Party Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided July 30, 1976.

As Amended September 8, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herbert Monheit, Tod I. Mammuth, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellant.

Donald J. P. Sweeney, Thomas E. Thomas, McWilliams & Sweeney, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellee.

Curtis Wright, Timoney, Knox, Avrigian & Hasson, Ambler, Pa., for Boeing Vertol Co., third party defendant.

Before ALDISERT, GIBBONS and GARTH, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

GARTH, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff, as administratrix, brought this diversity action against Hooker Chemical Corporation, a manufacturer of trichloroethylene (hereinafter called "TRI"). She alleged, among other things, that Hooker failed to give adequate warnings of the dangers and fatal properties of TRI, and as a result, her husband by working with TRI sustained injuries which eventually led...

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