ATLAS ALUMINUM CORP. v. BORDEN CHEMICAL CORP.

Civ. A. No. 31422.

233 F.Supp. 53 (1964)

ATLAS ALUMINUM CORPORATION v. BORDEN CHEMICAL CORPORATION.

United States District Court E. D. Pennsylvania.

July 30, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Freedman, Landy & Lorry, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiff.

Fox, Rothschild, O'Brien & Frankel, Philadelphia, Pa., for defendant.


HIGGINBOTHAM, District Judge.

Since Justice Cardozo's classic opinion in MacPherson v. Buick Motor Company, 217 N.Y. 382, 111 N.E. 1050, L.R.A. 1916F, 696 (1916), the walls of the "privity"1 defense have crumbled in most jurisdictions as to causes of action involving personal injuries or death claims.2 Thus, in such jurisdictions a manufacturer may be held liable in personal injury or death claims to a subpurchaser...

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