JOHNSON v. JONES-BLAIR PAINT CO.

No. 5505.

607 S.W.2d 305 (1980)

Robert L. JOHNSON et al. v. JONES-BLAIR PAINT COMPANY.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Eastland.

Rehearing Denied November 13, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Judge, Judge & Brown, Amarillo, for appellants.

Jess C. Dickie, Culton, Morgan, Britain & White, Gary Barnard, Stokes, Carnahan & Fields, C. A. Stein, Underwood, Wilson, Sutton, Berry, Stein & Johnson, Amarillo, for appellee.


McCLOUD, Chief Justice.

The issue in this strict liability case is whether the manufacturer and seller of paint has a duty to warn the user that dried paint should not be removed by the use of gasoline near an open flame. We hold there is no such duty.

An apartment was painted with Jones-Blair "Wash'n Wear Latex Semi-Gloss Enamel" paint. Some paint spilled on the apartment floor and dried. A number of days later, Sherry Northern and Sharon Gayle Johnson attempted...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases