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KLEIN v. CONTINENTAL EMSCO COMPANY

Civ. No. 5776-A.

310 F.Supp. 413 (1970)

H. W. KLEIN, Successor in Interest to Dixie Drilling Company, Plaintiff, v. CONTINENTAL EMSCO COMPANY, a Division of Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, E. D. Texas, Beaumont Division.

March 3, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles R. Dunn, Wyckoff, Russell & Dunn, Houston, Tex., for plaintiff.

Charles S. Pipkin, Strong, Pipkin, Nelson, Parker & Powers, Beaumont, Tex., for defendant Westinghouse Air Brake Co.

David Kreager, Orgain, Bell & Tucker, Beaumont, Tex., B. Jeff Crane, Jr., Vinson, Elkins, Searls & Connally, Houston, Tex., for defendant Continental Emsco Co.

James W. Mehaffy, Mehaffy, Weber, Keith & Gonsoulin, Beaumont, Tex., for defendant General Electric Corp.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

FISHER, Chief Judge.

This products liability case arose out of an accident occurring on March 3, 1966, near Woodville, Texas, when the traveling block of a drilling rig struck the crown assembly and fell to the floor, dislodging a section of the rig and doing extensive damage to it. The rig was owned at the time of the accident by Dixie Drilling Company, which initiated this action for damages and lost profits. Dixie Drilling Company subsequently...

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