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WITTKAMP v. UNITED STATES

Civ. A. No. 30979.

343 F.Supp. 1075 (1972)

Charles S. WITTKAMP and Nancy Wittkamp, Plaintiffs, v. The UNITED STATES of America et al., Defendants. GENERAL SPORTING GOODS CORPORATION, a corporation, Third-Party Plaintiff, v. NORMA PROJEKTILFABRIK, a foreign corporation, Third-Party Defendant.

United States District Court, E. D. Michigan, S. D.

June 13, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Finn, Detroit, Mich., for plaintiffs.

Robert Rosenberg, Asst. U. S. Atty., Detroit, Mich., Peter W. Bowie, Trial Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for the United States.

Wolfgange Hoppe, Miller, Canfield, Paddock & Stone, Detroit, Mich., for Norma Precision.

William Smith, Lacey & Jones, Detroit, Mich., for General Sporting Goods and Norma Projektilfabrik.

FREDERICK W. KAESS, Chief Judge.

Plaintiffs, Charles and Nancy Wittkamp, filed suit against the United States and other defendants, claiming injuries suffered when a rechambered 30.06 Springfield Rifle exploded in Mr. Wittkamp's face on November 11, 1966.

The following allegations against the United States were made by plaintiffs in their second amended complaint:

1. The rifle was defective per se, because of brittle metal; 2. The Government...

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