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FLORIO v. POWDER-POWER TOOL CORP.

Civ. A. 19911.

148 F.Supp. 843 (1956)

Mario FLORIO, a minor, by his next friends and natural parents, Cesare Florio and Mary Florio, and Cesare Florio and Mary Florio, in their own right, v. POWDER-POWER TOOL CORP. and General Equipment Company, Incorporated.

United States District Court E. D. Pennsylvania.

October 26, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Morris Passon, Philadelphia, Pa., for General Equipment Co.

John J. McDevitt, III, Philadelphia, Pa., for Powder-Power Tool Corp.

GRIM, District Judge.

On December 4, 1954, an employee of a building contractor, while working in Wallingford, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, was using a "drive-it" tool for the purpose of driving studs into a steel beam. As he was doing this a metal stud was ejected from the tool in such a way that it struck plaintiff, Mario Florio, on the head and caused serious injury to his brain. Powder-Power Tool Corp., an Oregon...

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