Walter Mixon Allen, Jr., Mattie Gayle Allen, Barry Lane Allen v. Pennsylvania Engineering Corp., American Sterilizer Company

U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · Decided 1996-12-31

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EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge: Walter Allen died of a brain cancer known as glioblastoma multiforme after having been a maintenance worker at Baton Rouge General Hospital for over 20 years. During that time, he occasionally replaced cylinders containing ethylene oxide (“EtO”), a chemical that has been widely used in this country to sterilize heat and moisture sensitive medical a…

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