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REED v. RHEEM MANUFACTURING COMPANY

No. 22463.

364 F.2d 810 (1966)

Dorothy REED, Appellant, v. RHEEM MANUFACTURING COMPANY and Employers Mutual Liability Insurance Company of Wisconsin, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

July 26, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sherman F. Raphael, New Orleans, La., for appellant.

Peter H. Beer, New Orleans, La., for appellees.

Before RIVES and THORNBERRY, Circuit Judges, and GARZA, District Judge.

RIVES, Circuit Judge:

Dorothy Reed was employed as a domestic servant in the home of Ivan M. Foley in New Orleans. Foley had installed a gas hot water heater manufactured and distributed by Rheem Manufacturing Company (hereafter Rheem). When Dorothy Reed attempted to light the hot water heater an explosion occurred and a back lash of flame severely and permanently injured her vision, face and arms. So Dorothy Reed alleged in her complaint against Rheem and its liability...

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