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WHITEHALL LABORATORIES, INC. v. GILLIAM

No. 4864.

536 S.W.2d 286 (1976)

WHITEHALL LABORATORIES, INC., Appellant, v. Opal GILLIAM, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Eastland.

Rehearing Denied May 13, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anne Gardner (Brown, Crowley, Simon & Peebles), Fort Worth, for appellant.

Ken Fuqua (Wilson, Berry, Jorgenson & Johnson), Dallas, Royce Adkins, Haskell, for appellee.

RALEIGH BROWN, Justice.

This is a products liability case based on strict liability and in the alternative negligence. Opal Gilliam sought damages for burns sustained following her alleged use of Sudden Beauty hairspray, a product manufactured by Whitehall Laboratories, Inc. Judgment for Gilliam in the amount of $145,618.05 was rendered upon the jury's findings of defendant's negligence in failing to warn of post-spraying hazards of the product which was a proximate...

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