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LEE v. WALWORTH VALVE COMPANY

No. 72-2360.

482 F.2d 297 (1973)

Janie R. LEE, Executrix of the Estate of Stanley Lee, Deceased, et al., Appellees, v. WALWORTH VALVE COMPANY, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided August 2, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas E. Byrne, Jr., Philadelphia, Pa. (William H. Grimball, Grimball & Cabaniss, Charleston, S. C., John C. Detweiler and Krusen, Evans & Byrne, Philadelphia, Pa., on brief), for appellant.

B. Allston Moore, Jr., Charleston, S. C. (Buist, Moore, Smythe & McGee, Charleston, S. C., William G. Symmers and Symmers, Fish & Warner, New York City, on brief), for appellee, Lockheed Shipbuilding and Const. Co.

Arnold S. Goodstein, Charleston, S. C. (David G. Jennings, Charleston, S. C., on brief), for appellee, Janie R. Lee.

Before HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge, and BOREMAN and BRYAN, Senior Circuit Judges.

HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge:

There was a rupture of a steam valve in the engine room of the USS Trenton, while she was cruising on the high seas off Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. A chief petty officer, on watch at the time in the engine room, was killed by escaping steam. He was a citizen of South Carolina, and he left his widow and executrix, who is a citizen and resident of that State. As executrix, she filed this action for wrongful death in the District Court for the District...

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