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BRYTE EX REL. BRYTE v. AMERICAN HOUSEHOLD

No. 04-1051.

429 F.3d 469 (2005)

David BRYTE, Personal Representative of the Estate of Lova E. BRYTE, deceased; David Bryte; Kathy B. Smith; James B. Smith; M.E. Smith, a minor, by and through her legal guardian, Kathy B. Smith; Donna J. Miller, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. AMERICAN HOUSEHOLD, INCORPORATED, formerly known as Sunbeam Corporation; Sunbeam Products, Incorporated, Defendants-Appellees, and Sears Roebuck and Company, Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided November 21, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: William J. Hansen, McDermott, Hansen & Mclaughlin, Denver, Colorado, for Appellants. Stephen Thomas Moffett, Moffett & Dillon, Birmingham, Michigan, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: George E. McLaughlin, McDermott, Hansen & Mclaughlin, Denver, Colorado, for Appellants. John E. Hall, John H. Williams, Jr., Eckert, Seamans, Cherin & Mellott, P.L.L.C., Morgantown, West Virginia; Thomas Vitu, Moffett & Dillon, Birmingham, Michigan, for Appellees.

Before WIDENER, NIEMEYER, and LUTTIG, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge WIDENER wrote the opinion, in which Judge NIEMEYER and Judge LUTTIG concurred.

WIDENER, Circuit Judge.

On October 23, 2000, Lova Bryte died in a fire in her Preston County, West Virginia apartment. She was using an electrically heated throw at the time of the fire. Several weeks later, plaintiffs, Mrs. Bryte's personal representative and relatives, brought this action against defendant American Household, Inc. (formerly...

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