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KOONCE v. QUAKER SAFETY PRODUCTS & MFG. CO.

No. 84-2749.

798 F.2d 700 (1986)

Rita KOONCE, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. QUAKER SAFETY PRODUCTS & MANUFACTURING COMPANY, and Delaware Valley Safeguards Company, Inc., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 15, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael L. Dunn, Smead, Anderson & Dunn, Longview, Tex., for defendants-appellants.

Mike A. Hatchell, Tyler, Tex., for E.I. du-Pont and Angelica Uniform Group.

C. Wayne Dowd, Texarkana, Ark., for National Engineering Co.

Charles Attaway, Texarkana, Tex., for Koonce, et al.

Eric Eisenbraun, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Harold F. Degenhardt, Dallas, Tex., for McGraw Edison Co.

Robert H. Frost, Dallas, Tex., for Automatic Sprinkler Co.

Before GARWOOD, HIGGINBOTHAM, and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.

GARWOOD, Circuit Judge:

George Alvin Koonce was injured in a flash fire that occurred at an ammunitions plant where he was employed. He sustained serious burns, which resulted in his death within a few weeks. His surviving spouse and children filed this wrongful death and survival diversity suit, based on the Texas law of strict liability in tort, against Quaker Safety Products & Manufacturing Corporation (Quaker Safety), the manufacturer of the safety suit worn...

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