SMITH v. WIRE ROPE CORPORATION OF AMERICA, INC.

Nos. 18719, 18720.

383 F.2d 186 (1967)

Napoleon SMITH and Dorothy Mae Smith, Appellants, v. WIRE ROPE CORPORATION OF AMERICA, INC., Appellee (two cases).

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit.

August 28, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry Woods, Little Rock, Ark., for appellants; Sidney S. McMath and McMath, Leatherman, Woods & Youngdahl, Little Rock, Ark., on the brief.

J. W. Barron, Little Rock, Ark., for appellee; Rose, Meek, House, Barron, Nash & Williamson, Little Rock, Ark., on the brief.

Before VOGEL, Chief Judge, and VAN OOSTERHOUT and GIBSON, Circuit Judges.


VOGEL, Chief Judge.

Appellants, Napoleon Smith and his wife, Dorothy Mae Smith, commenced two actions against defendant-appellee, Wire Rope Corporation of America, Inc., claiming that the appellee's defective manufacture of wire cable was the cause of very severe personal injuries suffered by appellant Napoleon Smith. At all times relevant herein Napoleon Smith was an employee of S. O. G. of Arkansas, a construction company which was building a lock and dam complex...

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