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SCOTT v. BLACK AND DECKER, INC.

No. 83-3160 Summary Calendar.

717 F.2d 251 (1983)

Gerald Hugh SCOTT, Plaintiff-Appellant, United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company, Intervenor-Appellant, v. BLACK AND DECKER, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

October 17, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur Cobb, Baton Rouge, La., for plaintiff-appellant.

Robert D. Hoover, Baton Rouge, La., for U.S.F. & G.

Joseph F. Keogh, Baton Rouge, La., for defendant-appellee.

Before GEE, POLITZ and JOHNSON, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Plaintiff Gerald Hugh Scott appeals from a directed verdict in favor of defendant Black & Decker, Inc. The district court ruled that Scott had failed to prove a defect in the defendant's product. We affirm.

Scott was employed by the National Valve Company as a pipefitter on the construction of the Big Cajun Power Plant at New Roads, Louisiana. In March 1981, Scott and his partner were instructed to remove a temporary gas pipeline which had...

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