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ONUJIOGU v. U.S.

No. 86-1174.

817 F.2d 3 (1987)

Anne ONUJIOGU, etc., et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided April 30, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul W. McDonough, with whom Wynn, Rosenthal & McDonough, Boston, Mass., was on brief, for plaintiffs, appellants.

Robert P. Powers, with whom Joseph P. Musacchio and Melick & Porter, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for defendant, appellee Keller Industries, Inc.

Before CAMPBELL, Chief Judge, BREYER and SELYA, Circuit Judges.

SELYA, Circuit Judge.

In December 1980, Anne Onujiogu and her son, Ikenna Onujiogu, brought a products liability suit in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts against several defendants, including Keller Industries, Inc. (Keller).1 The plaintiffs alleged that they had sustained severe burns when a stove manufactured by Keller tipped, thereby causing a pot of boiling water to spill on them. Their theory, though...

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