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HALES v. GREEN COLONIAL, INC.

Nos. 73-1122, 73-1136 and 73-1139.

490 F.2d 1015 (1974)

Dean HALES et al., Appellees, v. GREEN COLONIAL, INC., a corporation, et al., Appellants, v. Harold MUNROE, Third Party Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided January 17, 1974.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied February 6, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dan Hale, St. Joseph, Mo., for Dover.

Joseph K. Houts, St. Joseph, Mo., for Green.

James Borthwick, Kansas City, Mo., for Iowa Plumbers.

Thomas A. Sweeney, Kansas City, Mo., for Munroe.

Michael E. Waldeck, Kansas City, Mo., for appellee.

Before LAY and BRIGHT, Circuit Judges, and G. THOMAS EISELE, District Judge.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied February 6, 1974.

LAY, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from money damages awarded for the destruction of a building and its contents by a fire allegedly caused by a defective heater. The trial court submitted the cause to the jury on the theory of strict liability under Missouri law. The jury awarded plaintiffs $102,594.00. The trial court overruled defendants' motion for a judgment notwithstanding the verdict and their...

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