BROWN v. GENERAL ELEC. CO.

No. 83-1685.

733 F.2d 1085 (1984)

Rangeley A. BROWN, Polly P. Brown and McDonald's Corporation, a corporation, Appellants, v. GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, a corporation and Hobart Corporation, a corporation, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided May 8, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry L. Anderson, Jr., Fayetteville, N.C. (Anderson, Broadfoot, Anderson, Johnson & Anderson, Fayetteville, N.C., on brief), for appellants.

James G. Billings, Raleigh, N.C. (Smith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett, Mitchell & Jernigan, Raleigh, N.C., on brief), for appellees.

Before RUSSELL, WIDENER and PHILLIPS, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

The plaintiffs in this product liability action appeal from the district court's order granting summary judgment to the defendants. We affirm.

This suit arose as a result of fire at a MacDonald's Restaurant that was operated by Rangeley and Polly Brown, who, along with MacDonald's Corporation, are appellants here. The fire originated in a fryer manufactured by General Electric Co., a defendant below, allegedly as the result of the fryer's defective...

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