YANEZ v. U.S.

Nos. 91-15174, 91-15247.

989 F.2d 323 (1993)

Isabel YANEZ, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee. Isabel YANEZ, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America, Third Party Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BROCO, INCORPORATED; J.S. Brower & Associates; and J.S. Brower, individually, Third Party Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided March 29, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph J. Appel, San Francisco, CA, for plaintiff-appellant Isabel Yanez.

William F. Murphy, Asst. U.S. Atty., San Jose, CA, for defendant-third-party-plaintiff U.S.

James Duryea, Jr., Law Offices of James Duryea, Jr., San Francisco, CA, for third-party-defendant-appellee Broco, Inc.; J.S. Brower & Associates; and J.S. Brower, individually.

Before SCHROEDER and BRUNETTI, Circuit Judges, and SAMUEL P. KING, District Judge.


SAMUEL P. KING, Senior District Judge:

I. OVERVIEW

On June 11, 1986, an explosion occurred at Caelus Devices, Inc. ("CDI"), a munitions contractor for the United States. Appellant Isabel Yanez, a CDI employee, suffered third degree burns and lost her left lower arm. On February 6, 1987, Yanez filed suit in California Superior Court against Broco, Inc., J.S. Brower & Associates, and J.S. Brower (collectively "Broco") alleging that Broco supplied defective...

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