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WRIGHT v. UNITED STATES

No. 16981.

404 F.2d 244 (1968)

Raymond WRIGHT and Eva Wright, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit.

December 10, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David L. Matthews, Robert D. Lee, South Bend, Ind., for plaintiffs-appellants.

John C. Eldridge, Leonard Schaitman, Dept. of Justice, Edwin L. Weisl, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Washington, D. C., Alfred W. Moellering, U. S. Atty., South Bend, Ind., for defendant-appellee.

Before SWYGERT, CUMMINGS and KERNER, Circuit Judges.

SWYGERT, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiffs filed their action under the Federal Tort Claims Act to recover damages for injuries which the plaintiff, Raymond Wright, received on March 1, 1965 as a result of the explosion of a pipe while he was cutting it with an acetylene torch. The pipe, located in the Kingsbury Ordnance Plant, La Porte, Indiana, had been used to carry high explosive powder; at the time of the accident there was a residue of powder in the pipe. The plaintiff...

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