RAYMOND v. RIEGEL TEXTILE CORPORATION

No. 73-1151.

484 F.2d 1025 (1973)

Laurette R. RAYMOND et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. RIEGEL TEXTILE CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided September 20, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shane Devine and Devine, Millimet, Stahl & Branch, Manchester, N. H., on brief for defendant-appellant.

Dort S. Bigg, and Wiggin, Nourie, Sundeen, Pingree & Bigg, Manchester, N. H., on brief for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, McENTEE and CAMPBELL, Circuit Judges.


COFFIN, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal from an award of damages for injuries resulting from an accident in which appellee, Therese Raymond, a child of twelve, was burned when a nightgown made of flannelette material manufactured by appellant burst into flames within two seconds of contact with a hot grill on an electric range.

The law applied in this diversity suit by the court below was the law of New Hampshire: "One who sells any product in a defective condition...

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