HUBBARD-HALL CHEMICAL COMPANY v. SILVERMAN

No. 6398.

340 F.2d 402 (1965)

HUBBARD-HALL CHEMICAL COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant, v. Charles L. SILVERMAN, Administrator, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals First Circuit.

January 25, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul R. Frederick, Boston, Mass., with whom Badger, Parrish, Sullivan & Frederick, Boston, Mass., was on brief, for appellant.

Melvin S. Louison, Taunton, Mass., with whom Walter J. Hurley, Boston, Mass., was on brief, for appellees.

Before ALDRICH, Chief Judge, and SWEENEY and WYZANSKI, District Judges.


WYZANSKI, District Judge.

In this personal injury case brought within the diversity jurisdiction of the United States District Court, the chief issue is whether there was sufficient evidence of the alleged negligence of the defendant manufacturer of insecticides to permit a jury to hold it liable for the death of two decedents of whose estates plaintiffs are administrators.

On the view of the evidence most favorable to plaintiffs, who are seeking to sustain...

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