GOINS v. CLOROX CO.

No. 90-5676.

926 F.2d 559 (1991)

Diane GOINS, Administratrix of Bessie Mae Sheppard, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The CLOROX COMPANY; Boyle-Midway Household Products, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided February 26, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven Oberman, Daniel & Oberman, Jerrold L. Becker (argued), Lockridge & Becker, Knoxville, Tenn., for Diane Goins.

Joseph N. Clarke, Jr., Stephen P. Parsons (argued), Wagner, Myers & Sanger, Knoxville, Tenn., for the Clorox Co.

Johanna J. McGlothlin, Foster D. Arnett, Arnett, Draper & Hagood, Knoxville, Tenn., for Boyle-Midway Household Products, Inc.

Before MARTIN and KRUPANSKY, Circuit Judges, and PECK, Senior Circuit Judge.


BOYCE F. MARTIN, Jr., Circuit Judge.

Diane Goins, who is the administratrix of her mother Bessie Mae Sheppard's estate, appeals the district court's grant of summary judgment to the defendants, the Clorox Company and Boyle-Midway Household Products, Inc., in this products liability action predicated on Tennessee diversity jurisdiction. We affirm.

On January 23, 1988, Mrs. Bessie Mae Sheppard was visiting the home of her friend, Mrs. Barbara Large, in Lenoir...

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