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HOFFMAN v. HOUGHTON CHEMICAL CORPORATION

434 Mass. 624 (2001)

REMOLINDO HOFFMAN, special administrator, v. HOUGHTON CHEMICAL CORPORATION & another (and a companion case).

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

July 19, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard T. Tucker for the plaintiffs.

Joseph A. Regan for Houghton Chemical Corporation.

F. Dore Hunter (Michael J. Calabro with him) for Unocal Chemicals Division, Union Oil Company of California.

The following submitted briefs for amici curiae:

Hugh F. Young, Jr., of Virginia, David R. Geiger, & Hilary J. Ames for The Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc.

Douglas K. Sheff, John J. St. Andre, & Jodi Petrucelli for The Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys.

Present: MARSHALL, C.J., GREANEY, IRELAND, SPINA, COWIN, SOSMAN, & CORDY, JJ.

MARSHALL, C.J.

On March 6, 1989, an explosion and fire ripped through Gotham Ink of New England, Inc. (Gotham), an ink manufacturer in Marlborough. The blast killed two workers and severely injured several others. The plaintiffs commenced these personal injury and wrongful death actions against three manufacturers and suppliers of the chemicals allegedly involved in the conflagration: Exxon Company, U.S.A. (Exxon); Unocal Chemicals Division, Union Oil Company of California...

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