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WHITEHEAD v. DYCHO CO., INC.

775 S.W.2d 593 (1989)

Jo Ann WHITEHEAD and husband, Johnny R. Whitehead, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. The DYCHO COMPANY, INC.; Buss Coatings, Division of Buss Automation, Inc.; Union Chemicals Division, Division of Union Oil Company of California; and Exxon Corporation, Defendants-Appellants.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Knoxville.

July 31, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian H. Trammell, Kennerly Montgomery & Finley, Knoxville, for defendant-appellant Dycho.

Jay Arthur Garrison, Taylor & Groover, Knoxville, for defendant-appellant Buss.

Steven Lipsey, Stone & Hinds, Knoxville, for defendant-appellant Union.

Louis C. Woolf, John A. McReynolds, Jr., W. Kyle Carpenter, Baker, Worthington, Crossley, Stansberry & Woolf, Knoxville, for defendant-appellant Exxon.

James C. Wright, Butler, Vines, Babb & Threadgill, Knoxville, for plaintiffs-appellees.

OPINION

DROWOTA, Chief Justice.

The Plaintiffs, Jo Ann Whitehead and her husband, Johnny R. Whitehead, brought this products liability action against multiple Defendants, seeking damages for Mrs. Whitehead's personal injuries resulting from an explosion caused by a chemical known as "naphtha."1 She alleges in her complaint that Defendants were manufacturers or distributors of "naphtha" to which she had access at work. The complaint...

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