Legal Opinion
Yanez v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 29, 1993No. Nos. 91-15174, 91-15247PublishedCited by 69 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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 lead azide (the initiating explosive) to CDI, proximately causing her injuries. Broco was also sued by CDI. The cases were consolidated. The…
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