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REEVES v. POWER TOOLS, INC.

No. 72-1558.

474 F.2d 375 (1973)

John Wayne REEVES and Sherry Marie Reeves, wife, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. POWER TOOLS, INC. and Omark Industries, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

February 22, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James F. Schaeffer, Memphis, Tenn., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Leo Bearman, Jr., and W. Frank Crawford, Memphis, Tenn., for defendants-appellees; Law Firm of Leo Bearman, Leo Bearman, Jr., Memphis, Tenn., and James E. Leary, W. Frank Crawford, Thomason, Crawford & Hendrix, Memphis, Tenn., on brief.

Before PECK and LIVELY, Circuit Judges, and MORTON, District Judge.

LIVELY, Circuit Judge.

This diversity action was filed by appellants Reeves to recover for serious personal injuries which the husband suffered when a cartridge exploded in a powder-activated tool which he was using in his employment as a sheet metal worker. Reeves was employed by Southern States Contractors, which is not a party to this action, and had several years' experience using various types of power tools. One of...

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