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TOMAN v. UNDERWRITERS LABORATORIES, INC.

Civ. A. No. 78-1915-MC.

532 F.Supp. 1017 (1982)

Marina TOMAN, PPA., and Kurt Toman, Plaintiffs, v. UNDERWRITERS LABORATORIES, INC., Defendant and Third Party Plaintiff, v. MORRIS STRUHL, INC., Superior Electric Products, Inc., Kurt Toman and Ludmila Toman, Third-Party Defendants and Fourth-Party Plaintiffs, v. Marina TOMAN and Kurt Toman, Fourth-Party Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

March 2, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward M. Swartz, Swartz & Swartz, Boston, Mass., for plaintiffs.

Peter D. Cole, Badger, Sullivan, Kelley & Cole, P. C., Boston, Mass., for Struhl.

Harvey Weiner, Peabody & Arnold, Boston, Mass., Francis J. Higgins, John J. Verscaj, Chicago, Ill., for defendant and third party plaintiff.

Peter L. Puciloski, Sugarman, Rogers, Barshak & Cohen, Boston, Mass., for Superior Elec. Products, Inc.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

McNAUGHT, District Judge.

In this action Marina Toman seeks to recover for injuries which she suffered on April 27, 1972, when a "Chic" hairdryer ignited her bedding and clothing. The hairdryer was manufactured by Superior Electric Products, Inc. (Superior), distributed by Morris Struhl, Inc. (Struhl) and allegedly tested and certified by Underwriters Laboratories, Inc. (UL).

The plaintiff sued Superior and Struhl for damages...

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