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HOPKINS v. CHIP-IN-SAW, INC.

No. 79-1706.

630 F.2d 616 (1980)

Hazel HOPKINS, Special Administratrix of the Estate of Dewey Hopkins, Deceased, Appellant, v. CHIP-IN-SAW, INC., Canadian Car (Pacific) Division of Hawker Siddeley Canada, Ltd., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided September 16, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. William Lavender, Arnold, Arnold, Lavender & Rochelle, Texarkana, Ark., argued, E. Ben Franks, Texarkana, Ark., on brief, for appellant.

Dennis L. Shackleford, Shackleford, Shackleford & Phillips, El Dorado, Ark., for appellees.

Before HEANEY, BRIGHT and STEPHENSON, Circuit Judges.

BRIGHT, Circuit Judge.

Hazel Hopkins brought this suit under the Arkansas wrongful death statute, Ark. Stat.Ann. §§ 27-906 to -910 (1979), to recover damages for the death of her husband, Dewey Hopkins. Mr. Hopkins died when he was struck by a 2" x 4" board forcibly ejected from a lumber machine manufactured by defendant Canadian Car (Pacific) Division of Hawker Siddeley Canada, Ltd., and installed by defendant Chip-N-Saw, Inc., a wholly owned marketing...

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