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LITTLE v. LIQUID AIR CORP.

No. 90-1807.

37 F.3d 1069 (1994)

Wilma LITTLE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LIQUID AIR CORPORATION, Chevron Chemical Company, and Victor Manufacturing Company, Defendants-Appellees. Linda CARTER, Mother and Next Friend of Anidra Catrone Carter, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LIQUID AIR CORPORATION, Chevron Chemical Company, and Victor Manufacturing Company, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

October 26, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael T. Lewis, Pauline S. Lewis, Lewis & Lewis, Clarksdale, MS, for Little and Carter.

John L. Low, IV, Watkins & Eager, Jackson, MS, for Liquid Air.

Frank W. Hunger, Marian S. Alexander, Lake, Tindall, Hunger & Thackston, Greenville, MS, for Chevron.

W. Swan Yerger, Gene D. Berry, Heidelberg, Woodliff & Franks, Jackson, MS, for Victor Mfg.

Before POLITZ, Chief Judge, KING, JOHNSON, GARWOOD, JOLLY, HIGGINBOTHAM, DAVIS, JONES, SMITH, WIENER, BARKSDALE, EMILIO M. GARZA, and DeMOSS, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

In this products liability case, we hold that the district court appropriately and fairly granted summary judgment for the defendants. The plaintiffs are the heirs of Marvin Joe Little and Charles Carter. Little and Carter were experienced welders working in the wingtank of a barge. At some point, a gas hose leading to their welding torch developed a leak. The welding torch was manufactured by defendant Victor Manufacturing Company; the gas was manufactured...

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