d'HEDOUVILLE v. PIONEER HOTEL CO.

Nos. 75-1576, 75-1755, 75-2117 and 75-2426.

552 F.2d 886 (1977)

Janet M. d'HEDOUVILLE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. PIONEER HOTEL COMPANY and Pioneer Hotel Properties, Defendants, Monsanto Company, Defendant-Appellee. Janet M. d'HEDOUVILLE, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. PIONEER HOTEL COMPANY and Pioneer Hotel Properties, Defendants, Monsanto Company, Defendant-Cross-Appellant. Janet M. d'HEDOUVILLE, Plaintiff, v. PIONEER HOTEL COMPANY and Pioneer Hotel Properties, Defendants-Appellees, Monsanto Company, Defendant-Appellant. Janet M. d'HEDOUVILLE, Plaintiff, v. PIONEER HOTEL COMPANY and Pioneer Hotel Properties, Defendants-Appellants, Monsanto Company, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Rehearings Denied June 8, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. Molloy, argued, Robertson, Molloy, Fickett & Jones, Tucson, Ariz., Elias M. Romley, argued, Moore & Romley, Phoenix, Ariz., for appellants.

John H. Westover, argued, O'Connor, Cavanagh, Anderson, Westover, Killingsworth & Beshears, Phoenix, Ariz., for appellees.

Before BROWNING and SNEED, Circuit Judges, and WILLIAMS, District Judge.


OPINION

BROWNING, Circuit Judge:

Fire broke out on the fourth floor of the Pioneer Hotel in Tucson, Arizona, shortly after midnight on December 20, 1970. It spread rapidly through the upper floors. Twenty-eight people were killed, and the hotel was severely damaged.

Paul d'Hedouville was one of the victims. His widow, Janet M. d'Hedouville, brought this wrongful death diversity action against the Pioneer Hotel, Monsanto Company, and others. Pioneer...

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