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HASSINGER v. TIDELAND ELEC. MEMBERSHIP CORP.

Nos. 83-1077-CIV-5, 83-1078-CIV-5.

622 F.Supp. 146 (1985)

Charles R. HASSINGER, Administrator of the Estate of Stanley H. Hassinger, III, Plaintiff, v. TIDELAND ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP CORPORATION, Coleman Company, Inc., and Coast Catamaran Corporation, Defendants. Janet Mead PROCTOR, Administratrix of the Estate of Robert Diego Proctor, Plaintiff, v. TIDELAND ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP CORPORATION, Coleman Company, Inc., and Coast Catamaran Corporation, Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. North Carolina, Raleigh Division.

October 31, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McNeill Smith, H. Miles Foy and E. Garrett Walker, Smith Moore Smith Schell & Hunter, Greensboro, N.C., for plaintiffs.

George R. Ragsdale, Moore, Ragsdale, Liggett, Ray & Foley, Armistead J. Maupin, Maupin, Taylor & Ellis, Raleigh, N.C., and Robert M. Hughes, III, Seawell, Daughton Hughes & Tims, Norfolk, Va., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION

JAMES C. FOX, District Judge.

I. BACKGROUND

These cases arise from the electrocutions of three men, Stanley H. Hassinger, III, Robert D. Proctor, and Stuart L. Powell, which occurred on June 5, 1982, at Silver Lake in Okracoke, North Carolina. The men were killed while beaching Hassinger's 18-foot Hobie Cat sailboat when the top of the mast contacted an overhead power line. Named as defendants in this action are Tideland...

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