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WILLIAMS v. BRIGGS CO.

No. 94-60539.

62 F.3d 703 (1995)

Melody WILLIAMS, Individually and as Next Friend of Sherman Marion Williams, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. BRIGGS COMPANY, et al., Defendants, Standard Enterprises and Therm-O-Disc, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 21, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

T. Jackson Lyons, Jane Sanders Lewis, Legal Resources, Jackson, MS, John Arthur Eaves, Jackson, MS, for appellants.

R.E. Parker, Jr., Varner, Parker, Sessums & Akin, Vicksburg, MS, for Standard.

Francis H. Brown, III, James F. Shuey, Lemle & Kelleher, New Orleans, LA, for Therm-O-Disc.

Before WISDOM, DUHÉ and BARKSDALE, Circuit Judges.

RHESA HAWKINS BARKSDALE, Circuit Judge:

Melody Williams, et al., appeal from a judgment as a matter of law. We AFFIRM.

I.

On May 23, 1991, Summer Jewel Williams, Melody Williams' 11-month old daughter, was severely burned by water in a bathtub in Melody Williams' apartment in Vicksburg, Mississippi. While Melody Williams was in the kitchen, her three-year-old son began to fill the bathtub with hot water....

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