SMITH v. UNITED STATES GYPSUM CO.

No. 51439.

612 P.2d 251 (1980)

James H. SMITH, Appellee, v. UNITED STATES GYPSUM COMPANY, a Delaware Corporation, and Chicago Mastic Company, an Illinois Corporation, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

Rehearing Denied June 23, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Warren Gotcher, Gotcher & Gotcher, McAlester, for appellee.

Best, Sharp, Thomas & Glass by Joseph A. Sharp, Jack M. Thomas, William F. Smith, Tulsa, for United States Gypsum Co.

Rogers, Rogers & Jones, by Dan A. Rogers, W. Michael Hill, Tulsa, for Chicago Mastic Co., appellants.


DOOLIN, Justice:

This is an appeal from a plaintiff's verdict in a manufacturers' products liability action. Defendants, appellants herein, are the manufacturers and distributors of Wallite, a solvent based adhesive used to install paneling.

Plaintiff and his wife, intending to panel their bathroom, purchased two gallon cans of Wal-lite. The paneling was to be placed over the bathroom window, consequently it was closed...

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