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OWENS v. COMBUSTION ENGINEERING, INC.

Civ. A. No. 4859.

279 F.Supp. 257 (1967)

Hollowood OWENS, Plaintiff, v. COMBUSTION ENGINEERING, INC., Defendant.

United States District Court E. D. Virginia, Norfolk Division.

February 20, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kanter, Kanter & Sachs, L. B. Sachs, Norfolk, Va., for plaintiff.

Seawell, McCoy, Winston & Dalton, Robt. M. Hughes, III, Norfolk, Va., for defendant.

MEMORANDUM

WALTER E. HOFFMAN, District Judge.

This action was instituted on November 18, 1964, to recover damages for injuries sustained on November 24, 1962. The gist of the complaint is that plaintiff was attempting to relight an automatic gas hot water heater when there was a sudden explosion and plaintiff was severely injured.

The automatic gas water heater was manufactured by the defendant in 1955. Two years later the defendant ceased manufacturing...

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