EDWARDS v. MAZOR MASTERPIECES, INC.

No. 16205.

295 F.2d 547 (1961)

Evelyn M. EDWARDS, Administratrix of the Estate of Rolf S. Edwards, Deceased, Appellant v. MAZOR MASTERPIECES, INC., a corporation, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided October 19, 1961.

Petition for Rehearing Denied November 15, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Dorsey K. Offutt, Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. Bernard Rowitz, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. Richard W. Galiher, Washington, D. C., with whom Messrs. William E. Stewart, Jr., and Julian H. Reis, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before WILBUR K. MILLER, Chief Judge, and EDGERTON and BAZELON, Circuit Judges.


Petition for Rehearing En Banc Denied November 15, 1961.

EDGERTON, Circuit Judge.

Appellee sold appellant a folding sofa-bed which she and her family used several years, chiefly closed as a sofa but sometimes open as a bed, without accident. But when appellant came home on July 9, 1958, she found the dead body of her 12-year-old son inside the closed sofa-bed. When the coroner arrived, the bed was open and the boy's body was lying on it covered with perspiration...

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