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PATTERSON v. F.W. WOOLWORTH CO.

Nos. 84-1917, 84-1857 and 84-1890.

786 F.2d 874 (1986)

Beverly PATTERSON, Individually and as Administratrix of the Estate of Richard Patterson and Randy Patterson, Appellant David Keleher, as Conservator of the Nicholas Patterson Conservatorship and Administrator of the Estate of Betsy Luane Patterson and Mary L. Medina, Individually and as Administratrix of the Estate of Brian John Medina, v. F.W. WOOLWORTH CO., d/b/a Woolco Department Store, and Lakewood Engineering and Manufacturing Company, Appellees. Beverly PATTERSON, Individually and as Administratrix of the Estate of Richard Patterson and Randy Patterson and David Keleher, as Conservator of the Nicholas Patterson Conservatorship and Administrator of the Estate of Betsy Luane Patterson, and Mary L. Medina, Individually and as Administratrix of the Estate of Brian John Medina, Appellant, v. F.W. WOOLWORTH CO., d/b/a Woolco Department Store, and Lakewood Engineering and Manufacturing Company, Appellees. Beverly PATTERSON, Individually and as Administratrix of the Estate of Richard Patterson and Randy Patterson and David Keleher, as Conservator of the Nicholas Patterson Conservatorship and Administrator of the Estate of Betsy Luane Patterson, Appellant, v. F.W. WOOLWORTH CO., d/b/a Woolco Department Store, and Lakewood Engineering and Manufacturing Company, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided March 25, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Redmond, Sioux City, Iowa, for appellant.

Paul W. Deck, Sioux City, Iowa, for appellees.

Before ROSS, Circuit Judge, BRIGHT, Senior Circuit Judge, and BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.

BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.

Beverly Patterson, Mary Medina, and David Keleher, plaintiffs below, appeal from a judgment in favor of defendants F.W. Woolworth Co., d/b/a Woolco Department Store (Woolworth) and Lakewood Engineering and Manufacturing Co. (Lakewood). Plaintiffs brought this products liability action to recover damages resulting from a fire in Patterson's home which killed her three children and two other children, and which extensively damaged both personal...

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