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MAHONEY v. HERCULES POWDER CO.

Docket No. 20756.

221 Cal.App.2d 353 (1963)

34 Cal. Rptr. 468

JOSEPHINE MAHONEY et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. HERCULES POWDER COMPANY, Defendant and Respondent; INDUSTRIAL INDEMNITY COMPANY, Intervener and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Two.

October 21, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lewis & Stein and Herbert Chamberlin for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

William J. Connolly for Intervener and Appellant.

Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro, Eugene M. Prince, John B. Bates, Noble K. Gregory and James F. Kirkham for Defendant and Respondent.

AGEE, J.

Thomas Mahoney died on January 13, 1956, as the result of injuries received on December 15, 1955, when an overhanging boulder dropped on him from the roof of a tunnel under construction. His widow and two daughters brought this action for damages for his death.

Defendant is the manufacturer of both the dynamite and the blasting caps used in holing out the tunnel. These caps are designed to cause a series of explosions at fixed intervals. Plaintiffs...

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