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POTTS v. CELOTEX CORP.

796 S.W.2d 678 (1990)

Elizabeth Ann POTTS, individually and as next of kin of Harold Lamar Potts, Deceased, Plaintiff-Petitioner, v. The CELOTEX CORPORATION, et al., Defendants-Respondents.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Nashville.

September 10, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Mitchell Cramer, Michael Y. Rowland, and Robert B. Williamson (of counsel), for plaintiff-petitioner.

W. Kyle Carpenter, Michael B. Kinnard, Cynthia K. Mancebo, Harry P. Ogden, Dennis L. Babb and G. Kevin Hardin, Knoxville, for defendants-respondents.

OPINION

DAUGHTREY, Justice.

This products liability case is before us on certification from the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, pursuant to Tennessee Supreme Court Rule 23. The matter was appealed to the Sixth Circuit following the federal district court's decision in Potts v. Celotex, 703 F.Supp. 672 (E.D.Tenn. 1988).

We are asked, in essence, to decide whether an earlier manifestation...

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