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GENERAL ELEC. CO. v. U.S.

No. 86-2041.

813 F.2d 1273 (1987)

GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America; Andrew W. Klassett; Philip H. Welty, Jr.; Thomas J. Vegella; Raymond Mullinix and John Anthony Vilgos, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided March 12, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward C. Mackie (Patrick G. Cullen; Rollins, Smalkin, Richards & Mackie, on brief), for plaintiff-appellant.

Richard K. Willard, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Breckinridge L. Willcox, U.S. Atty., John F. Cordes, Carlene V. McIntyre, Appellate Staff Attys., Dept. of Justice) for defendants-appellees.

Before RUSSELL and HALL, Circuit Judges, and ROBERT G. DOUMAR, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, sitting by designation.

PER CURIAM:

Two employees of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) were injured while repairing an electrical transformer manufactured by the General Electric Company (General Electric). One of the employees died as a result of his injuries. The surviving employee and the deceased employee's wife filed suit against General Electric on theories of negligence, breach of warranty and strict liability; this suit was ultimately settled. General Electric then filed a...

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