BALL v. E. I. Du PONT De NEMOURS & COMPANY

No. 74-1352.

519 F.2d 715 (1975)

Christopher BALL, an infant by Harley Ball, his father and natural guardian, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. E. I. Du PONT De NEMOURS & COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

July 24, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerome Edelman, Melvin Block, Brooklyn, N.Y., Charles E. Smart, Canton, Ohio, for plaintiff-appellant.

John R. Schoemer, Jr., New York City, L. E. Oliphant, Jr., Cleveland, Ohio, for defendant-appellee.

Before EDWARDS, CELEBREZZE and LIVELY, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal from a judgment based on a jury verdict rejecting Appellant's negligence claim and the District Court's directed verdict against Appellant's strict liability claim. We affirm.

When appellant was ten years old, he found an unlabeled object in his front yard. He showed it to his parents and two cousins, who thought it might be a radio part or thermocouple. Appellant took the object to his basement, where he sometimes tinkered with...

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