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NELSON v. GRIMES

No. 15947.

256 F.2d 816 (1958)

Penelope Jane NELSON, a Minor, by Thelma Maxine O'Neal, Her Mother and Next Friend, Appellant, v. John GRIMES, d/b/a Kerrigan Boat Docks, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit.

June 26, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Warren C. Schrempp, Omaha, Neb. (David S. Lathrop, Henry C. Rosenthal, Jr., and Schrempp & Lathrop, Omaha, Neb., were with him on the brief), for appellant.

Robert D. Mullin, Omaha, Neb. (Robert E. McCormack, Omaha, Neb., was with him on the brief), for appellee.

Before SANBORN, WOODROUGH and VAN OOSTERHOUT, Circuit Judges.

SANBORN, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment for the defendant (appellee) entered on the verdict of a jury in a personal injury action arising out of the explosion of a motor boat on Carter Lake, Iowa, in the afternoon of June 24, 1956. The plaintiff (appellant), who was seventeen years of age, was a guest passenger in the boat and was seriously burned when it exploded.

The plaintiff brought this action upon the claim that the explosion of the...

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