STATE OF MINNESOTA

IN COURT OF APPEALS

C4-02-2052

Lawrence B. Gray,

Respondent,

vs.

Badger Mining Corporation,

individually and as successor-in-interest

to the C.A. Chier Sand Company,

Appellant,

Carpenter Brothers, Inc., et al.,

Defendants.

Filed July 15, 2003

Reversed

Gordon W. Shumaker, Judge

Hennepin County District Court

File No. 99666

Michael S. Polk, Michael R. Strom, Sieben, Polk, LaVerdiere & Hawn, P.A., 999 Westview Drive, Hastings, MN 55033 (for respondent)

Robert E. Diehl, Cynthia R. Bartell, 200 Lafayette Building, 1108 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis, MN 55403; and

Cathy R. Gordon, pro hac vice, Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote, P.C., Two PPG Place, Suite 400, Pittsburgh, PA 15222 (for appellant)

        Considered and decided by Shumaker, Presiding Judge, Schumacher, Judge, and Halbrooks, Judge.

S Y L L A B U S

When a bulk supplier of a dangerous material reasonably relies on a sophisticated purchaser to communicate warnings to the purchaser