WILSON v. SAMPSON BROTHERS & COOPER, INC.

No. 17984.

273 F.2d 611 (1960)

Catherine WILSON, individually and as natural tutrix of her minor child, Linda Wilson, Appellant, v. SAMPSON BROTHERS & COOPER, INC., and the Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied February 5, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Harrison Scott, Charles E. Richards, New Orleans, La., for appellant.

Stanley E. Loeb, Robert G. Hughes, New Orleans, La., for appellees.

Before HUTCHESON, TUTTLE and BROWN, Circuit Judges.


HUTCHESON, Circuit Judge.

Alleging that the inhalation of poisonous gas, (hydrogen cyanide), negligently used in fumigating a warehouse where he was employed, had caused toxic hepatitis and early cirrhosis of the liver, Lawrence Wilson, on June 15, 1957, sued for the damages caused to him thereby. On August 28, 1958, a motion was filed, substituting Catherine Wilson, for herself and as natural tutrix of her minor child, as plaintiff, in which it was alleged that Lawrence...

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