Opinion ID: 2364468
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: material safety data sheet

Text: For his fourth point of error, appellant alleges it was error for the trial court to grant summary judgment before requiring appellee, The Garman Company, to produce a copy of the M.S.D.S. (Material Safety Data Sheet) on its product, Brite' Alum. Even if the M.S.D.S. had been supplied, summary judgment was properly granted as to appellant's claim against Garman. In order to withstand a summary judgment motion as to the defective product claims, appellant was required to produce proof that the product was supplied in a defective condition which rendered it unreasonably dangerous. Appellant claims he needed the M.S.D.S. to prove that Brite' Alum was supplied in a defective condition. However, since appellant failed to supply proof sufficient to prove Brite' Alum was unreasonably dangerous, Garman's summary judgment motion was properly granted. Proof that Brite' Alum was supplied in a defective condition would not cure appellant's failure to supply proof Brite' Alum was unreasonably dangerous. Appellant did not supply any proof of the ordinary knowledge of the community or of similar buyers, users, or consumers as to [the] characteristics, propensities, risks, dangers, and proper or improper uses, [or] any special knowledge, training or experience possessed by the particular buyer, user, or consumer or which he or she was required to possess. As was noted previously, an affidavit stating only conclusions, but failing to set forth specific facts is insufficient to show there is a material issue of fact. Miskimins, 248 Ark. 1194, 456 S.W.2d 673. Since appellant failed to prove this element of his proof, he could not withstand a summary judgment motion even had the M.S.D.S. revealed chemical elements which would have allowed appellant's expert to determine the product was supplied in a defective condition. Affirmed in part; modified in part. HOLT, C.J., and NEWBERN and BROWN, JJ., dissent.