ROPER v. EDWARDS

Nos. 86-8326, 86-8671 Non-Argument Calendar.

815 F.2d 1474 (1987)

Jessie ROPER, individually, Joe Roper, individually and Joe Roper, as administrator of the estate of Tony Roper, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Bobby EDWARDS, individually and d/b/a Forsyth Vault Company, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

May 5, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John P. Batson, Batson and Shurtleff, Augusta, Ga., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Diane Q. House, Webb, Carlock, Copeland, Semler & Stair, Atlanta, Ga., for Edward.

Edward H. Lindsey, Jr., McClure, Ramsay & Dickerson, Toccoa, Ga., for Cochran.

Before HILL, VANCE and KRAVITCH, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Appellants' son, Tony Roper, died while incarcerated in the county jail of Hart County, Georgia. The appellants made funeral arrangement with Joe Strickland, of Strickland Funeral Homes, purchasing a casket and a burial vault from Mr. Strickland. Mr. Strickland had obtained the vault from James Cochran, a supplier and installer of burial vaults. Cochran had purchased the burial vault from Edwards, the manufacturer...

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