KLEEMANN v. McDONNELL DOUGLAS CORP.

Nos. 89-2032, 89-2047.

890 F.2d 698 (1989)

Carol Anne KLEEMANN, Individually and as the Executrix and Personal Representative of the Estate of Henry M. Kleemann, as the Guardian of the minors Katherine M. Kleemann and Michael Andrew Kleemann; Susan E. Seiden; S.S. Seiden, Jr., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. McDONNELL DOUGLAS CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee. Carol Anne KLEEMANN, Individually and as the Executrix and Personal Representative of the Estate of Henry M. Kleemann, as the Guardian of the minors Katherine M. Kleemann and Michael Andrew Kleemann; Susan E. Seiden; S.S. Seiden, Jr., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. McDONNELL DOUGLAS CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided December 6, 1989.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied December 29, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Sibley Cooper, Jr., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Thomas C. Walsh (Douglas E. Winter, Robert W. Shely, Bryan, Cave, McPheeters & McRoberts; George L. Russell, Jr., Robert J. Mathias, Piper & Marbury, on brief), for defendant-appellee.

Before WILKINSON, Circuit Judge, HAYNSWORTH, Senior Circuit Judge, and WILLIAMS, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, sitting by designation.


Rehearing and Rehearing In Banc Denied December 29, 1989.

WILKINSON, Circuit Judge:

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