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HALL v. E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS & CO., INC.

Nos. 69-C-273, 70-C-1107.

345 F.Supp. 353 (1972)

Philip HALL, An Infant, by Lloyd Hall, His Guardian Ad Litem, et al., Plaintiffs, v. E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS & CO., INC., et al., Defendants. Randy CHANCE et al., Plaintiffs, v. E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS & CO., INC., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, E. D. New York.

May 18, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerome Edelman, Brooklyn, N. Y., for plaintiffs; Melvin Block, Brooklyn, N. Y., of counsel.

Townley, Updike, Carter & Rodgers, New York City, for defendant E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co.

Cravath, Swaine & Moore, New York City, for defendant Hercules Powder Co., Inc.

Rogers, Hoge & Hills, New York City, for defendant Atlas Chemical Industries, Inc.

Martin, Bloom, Lipton & Van DeWalle, Great Neck, N. Y., for defendant Austin Powder Co.

Littauer, Gordon, Ullman, Riseman & Ploscowe, New York City, for defendant Institute of Makers of Explosives.

Montfort, Healy, McGuire & Salley, Garden City, N. Y., for defendants American Cyanamid Co. and Olin Mathieson Chemical Corp.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

WEINSTEIN, District Judge.

These two cases arise out of eighteen separate accidents scattered across the nation in which children were injured by blasting caps. Damages are sought from manufacturers and their trade association, the Institute of Makers of Explosives (I.M.E.). The basic allegation is that the practice of the explosives industry during the 1950's—continuing until 1965—of not placing any warning upon individual...

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