KERNEY v. FORT GRIFFIN FANDANGLE ASS'N, INC.

No. 78-3599.

624 F.2d 717 (1980)

T. Lincoln KERNEY, II, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. FORT GRIFFIN FANDANGLE ASSOCIATION, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 22, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

B. Prater Monning, III, Dallas, Tex., Richard M. Ticktin, New York City, for plaintiff-appellant.

Glandon, Erwin, Baker, Choate & Elmore, William F. (Pete) Baker, Abilene, Tex., for defendants-appellees.

Filmore & Camp, Inc., John P. Camp, Patrick H. O'Neill, Richard L. Griffith, Fort Worth, Tex., for Robert W. Williams.

Garrett, Settle & Callaway, Rufus S. Garrett, Jr., J. Robert Green, Jr., Fort Worth, Tex., for Griffin Fandangle Ass'n, Inc.

Before MORGAN, CHARLES CLARK and TATE, Circuit Judges.


CHARLES CLARK, Circuit Judge:

On July 26, 1976, T. Lincoln Kerney, II, attended a theatrical event in Shackelford County, Texas, known as the Fort Griffin Fandangle. One of the Fandangle's most memorable acts, regrettably for Kerney, was the presentation known as the "fire in the anvil," in which an explosive charge was detonated under an iron anvil to send it skyward with a resounding blast, purporting to re-create the fireworks enjoyed by the Texas pioneers of old...

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