Court Opinion

ID: 9590318
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-21 23:53:42.800235+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:13:40.034219
License: Public Domain

Beasley, Judge,
concurring specially.
What is crucial as I view it is that the Material Safety Data Sheets expressly warned of the very properties which plaintiff contends were absent on the label: 1) that the vapor, and not only the liquid, could explode; 2) that the vapor could pool because of its weight; 3) that the vapor itself could be ignited by so minor a thing as a spark produced even by a means other than fire, because of its low ignition or flash point (20 degrees fahrenheit).
The label stated: “Contact employer for additional handling instructions and for Material Safety Data Sheet.” The employer was given the sheets. I agree that these warnings fulfilled the duty of the manufacturer to warn, as a matter of law.