· 6/8/1994
prod.liab.rep.(cch)p. 13,906 Lauren David Thornton v. E.I. Du Pont De Nemours and Company, Inc.
Citations
- 22 F.3d 284
- 1994 U.S. App. LEXIS 14293
- 1994 WL 199212
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- concluding that “any insufficiency in the warning label was not the proximate cause of [the plaintiff’s] injuries” where the plaintiff “had the opportunity to read the label and failed to do so”
- “[I]n this case, the facts support only one conclusion, that is, the warning and its communication were adequate”
- “[The plaintiff] was contributorily negligent by failing to read the warning, therefore, any insufficiency in the warning label is not the proximate cause of his injuries”
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Judges: Black, Fay, Graham
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