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CHASTAIN v. LITTON SYSTEMS, INC.

No. 81-2034.

694 F.2d 957 (1982)

John Boyd CHASTAIN, Jr., Administrator of the Estate of Marilyn Gail Chastain, deceased, Appellant, v. LITTON SYSTEMS, INC., Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided December 2, 1982.

Rehearing Denied January 4, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herbert L. Hyde, Asheville, N.C. (Herbert L. Hyde, P.A., Asheville, N.C., on brief), for appellant.

Landon Roberts, Asheville, N.C. (Roberts, Cogburn & Williams, Asheville, N.C., on brief), for appellee.

Before MURNAGHAN, Circuit Judge, BUTZNER, Senior Circuit Judge, and JAMES C. CACHERIS, District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, sitting by designation.

BUTZNER, Circuit Judge:

The administrator of the estate of Marilyn Gail Chastain, deceased, appeals from the district court's grant of summary judgment dismissing his wrongful death claim against Litton Systems, Inc.1 We vacate the order of dismissal and remand the case for trial.

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George Beck, a Litton employee, drove through a red traffic light and struck the car Chastain was driving. Earlier in the day, Beck had attended...

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