MASCARENAS v. UNION CARBIDE CORP.

Docket No. 127273.

196 Mich. App. 240 (1992)

492 N.W.2d 512

MASCARENAS v. UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided October 5, 1992, at 9:25 A.M.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sachs, Nunn, Kates, Kadushin, O'Hare, Helveston & Waldman, P.C. (by Barry P. Waldman), for Bernardo and Barbara Mascarenas.

Dykema Gossett (by Dennis M. Haffey and Cheryl A. Bush), for Union Carbide Corporation, Exxon Chemical Company, and Dow Chemical Company.

Before: JANSEN, P.J., and MICHAEL J. KELLY and CORRIGAN, JJ.


CORRIGAN, J.

Plaintiffs appeal from the lower court's grant of summary disposition pursuant to MCR 2.116(C)(7) and (10) in this products liability case. We affirm.

Bernardo Mascarenas (plaintiff) was employed by the Pennwalt Corporation as a mason tender and bricklayer from 1970 to 1985. He used various solvents to clean brick, remove mortar, and perform other such tasks. Four of these products are significant to the present action: methyl ethyl ketone, acetone...

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