NEUSUS v. SPONHOLTZ

No. 15264.

369 F.2d 259 (1966)

Donald C. NEUSUS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. B. D. SPONHOLTZ d/b/a De-Lux Neon Manufacturing Company of Oklahoma City and American Fire Apparatus Co., a Michigan corporation, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit.

Rehearing Denied September 27, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Mullen, James P. Chapman, Chicago, Ill., for appellant.

Louis Gershon, Horace W. Jordan, Frederick W. Temple, Chicago, Ill., Van Duzer, Gershon & Jordan, Chicago, Ill., of counsel, for defendant-appellee, B. D. Sponholtz, etc.

Alvin G. Hubbard, Reese Hubbard, Frederick W. Temple, Chicago, Ill., Hubbard, Hubbard, O'Brien & Hall, Chicago, Ill., of counsel, for American Fire Apparatus Co.

Before CASTLE, KILEY, and SWYGERT, Circuit Judges.


SWYGERT, Circuit Judge.

This action was brought by Donald C. Neusus against B. D. Sponholtz, doing business as De-Lux Neon Manufacturing Company of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and the American Fire Apparatus Company, a Michigan corporation.1 The plaintiff sought damages for injuries suffered when a fire truck aerial ladder which he was ascending suddenly collapsed while being used to fight a fire. The ladder was designed and assembled by the...

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