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PIERCE v. ATLAS POWDER CO.

Civ. A. No. 76-265.

430 F.Supp. 79 (1977)

Kathleen PIERCE, Special Administratrix of the Estate of Alberto Eduardo Rojas, et al., Plaintiffs, v. ATLAS POWDER COMPANY, Defendant.

United States District Court, D. Delaware.

March 15, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ben T. Castle of Young, Conaway, Stargatt & Taylor, Wilmington, Del., and Milton M. Borowsky, of Adler, Barish, Daniels, Levin & Creskoff, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiff.

Januar D. Bove, Jr. of Connolly, Bove & Lodge, Wilmington, Del., and George H. Kolb and Joe B. Harrison of Wynne & Jaffe, Dallas, Tex., of counsel, for defendant.

LATCHUM, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff Kathleen Pierce has brought this action against the defendant Atlas Powder Company on behalf of the estates of four individuals who were killed in an explosion aboard the U.S. Thor, a dredging barge engaged in blasting subaqueous rock formations in the navigable waters of the Panama Canal. The complaint alleges that the defendant is responsible in money damages to the decedents' estates because the defendant negligently manufactured...

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