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MASSEY v. THIOKOL CHEMICAL CORPORATION

Civ. A. No. 1161.

368 F.Supp. 668 (1973)

Flossie Marie MASSEY et al., Plaintiffs, v. THIOKOL CHEMICAL CORPORATION and United States of America, Defendants.

United States District Court, S. D. Georgia, Brunswick Division.

December 21, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph Jones, Jr., Hill, Jones & Farrington, Atlanta, Ga., and Savannah, Ga., for plaintiffs.

Edward E. Dorsey, Daryll N. Love, Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy, Atlanta, Ga. Wallace E. Harrell, Bennet, Gilbert, Gilbert, Whittle, Harrell & Gayner, Brunswick, Ga., for Thiokol.

Wayne P. Yancey, Deputy Asst. Atty. Gen., on brief as amicus curiae, for State of Ga.

LAWRENCE, Chief Judge.

ORDER ON THIOKOL'S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

I

History of Litigation

This action seeking damages totalling $550,000,000 has been brought by plaintiffs against the United States and Thiokol Chemical Corporation. All plaintiffs are black. The basis of jurisdiction as to Thiokol is diversity of citizenship. The litigation grows out of an explosion that occurred on February 3, 1971, at the plant of Thiokol...

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