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DOUGLAS v. SMITH

No. 76-2537.

578 F.2d 1169 (1978)

Harold Dwight DOUGLAS et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Hubert W. SMITH, Defendant, Amoco Oil Company and Tri-County Gas Company of Pearson, Inc., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied October 18, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wilson G. Pedrick, Waycross, Ga., for Amoco.

Seymour S. Owens, Ken R. Hilyer, Tifton, Ga., for Tri-County.

Lee R. Williams, Douglas, Ga., Dubignion Douglas, Dublin, Ga., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before GOLDBERG, GODBOLD and SIMPSON, Circuit Judges.

GODBOLD, Circuit Judge:

These are Georgia diversity cases consolidated for trial.

Plaintiff sued for himself and his minor child for injuries suffered by the two of them in an LP gas explosion in Georgia. The defendants are Smith, owner of the premises, and Amoco and Tri-County, suppliers of LP gas. A jury returned general verdicts against all defendants, for $25,000 in the father's case, $90,000 in the child's case. Motions of Amoco and Tri-County for directed...

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