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CHRISTIE v. POWDER POWER TOOL CORPORATION

Civ. No. 2155.

124 F.Supp. 693 (1954)

James H. CHRISTIE, Plaintiff, v. POWDER POWER TOOL CORPORATION, Defendant. MOUNCE AND CECIL et al., Defendants and Third-Party Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES of America, Third-Party Defendant.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

October 11, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Bragman, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff.

Edward Bennett Williams, Washington, D. C., for Powder Power Tool Corp.

Bernard J. Gallagher, and J. Roy Thompson, Jr., Washington, D. C., for Mounce and Cecil, t/a as Mounce and Cecil.

Stanley M. Dietz, Washington, D. C., for Leonard Cecil and for Cecil Fastening Equipment, Inc.

Leo A. Rover, U. S. Atty., Oliver Gasch, Frank H. Strickler, and Joseph M. F. Ryan, Jr., Asst. U. S. Attys., Washington, D. C., for third-party defendants.

PINE, District Judge.

James Christie came to his death on May 13, 1952, at Fort Belvoir, Virginia. He was a civilian employee of the United States. His death occurred when he was struck and mortally wounded by a metal pin which was discharged from a tool used to fasten the top and bottom layers of a metal airplane landing mat.

The Powder Power Tool Corporation manufactured the tool, which was being demonstrated by Andrew M. Mounce and Leonard Cecil, doing...

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