What is the firefighter's rule in the context of a chemical lawsuit?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Orozco v. County of Yolo, 814 F. Supp. 885 (E.D. Cal. 1993):
The firefighter's rule was applied to a firefighter who sued a chemical company claiming that it had failed to warn him that a chemical spill he was cleaning up was comprised of highly toxic agricultural chemicals. Rowland v. Shell Oil Co., 179 Cal.App.3d 399, 224 Cal.Rptr. 547 (1986). The court granted the defendant chemical company summary judgment, stating that:
Id. at 404, 224 Cal.Rptr. 547.
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