COLE v. AMERICAN BRIDGE CO.

No. 8719.

152 F.2d 157 (1945)

COLE v. AMERICAN BRIDGE CO. et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

December 13, 1945.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harlan L. Hackbert, of Chicago, Ill., and Glenn D. Peters, of Hammond, Ind. (Peters & Highland, of Hammond, Ind., and Knapp, Cushing, Hershberger & Stevenson, of Chicago, Ill., of counsel), for appellants.

Timothy P. Galvin, Francis J. Galvin, and Edmond J. Leeney, all of Hammond, Ind. (Galvin, Galvin & Leeney, of Hammond, Ind., of counsel), for appellee.

Before SPARKS, MAJOR, and KERNER, Circuit Judges.


MAJOR, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment favorable to plaintiff in an action to recover damages for burns received by him when his clothes were set afire by an electrical arch while he was engaged in dismantling certain electrical equipment in a building at Gary, Indiana, which the defendant, American Bridge Company (referred to as American Bridge) had purchased from the defendant, Tubular Alloy Steel Corporation (referred to as Tubular).

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