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WASHINGTON v. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSP.

No. 92-3741.

8 F.3d 296 (1993)

Alastair WASHINGTON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, et al., Defendants, Shop-Vac Corporation, Defendant-Appellee. Nathaniel THOMAS, Plaintiff, v. SHOP-VAC CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 6, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alvin T. Ferrouillet, Kevin J. Katner, Erie Ferrouillet, Ferrouillet & Ferrouillet, New Orleans, LA, for Alastair Washington.

Michael J. Vondenstein, Nelson W. Wagar, III, Hailey, McNamara, Hall, Larmann & Papale, Metairie, LA, for Shop-Vac.

Before WIENER and EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judges, and LITTLE, District Judge.

EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judge:

Alastair Washington brought a products liability suit against Shop Vac Corporation ("Shop Vac"), seeking damages for injuries he sustained when a spark from a Shop Vac vacuum ignited acetone vapors in the freshwater tank of a ship where Washington was working. Washington claimed that Shop Vac's failure to provide an adequate warning label on its vacuum was a proximate cause of his injuries. The district court, sitting in diversity,...

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