Legal Opinion
House v. Mine Safety Appliances Co.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 14, 1978No. Nos. 75-3079, 76-1788, 76-1789 and 76-2650PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SNEED, Circuit Judge:
These consolidated appeals come to us out of the litigation arising from the Sunshine Mine fire on May 2, 1972, in Kellogg, Idaho, in which over 90 miners died. The initial plaintiffs in this complex litigation were surviving relatives of those miners killed in the fire. Named as defendants in this wrongful death action were the United States, a number of companies involved in the manufacture and sale of a kind of polyurethane foam used in the mine, and others involved in the manufacture and use of self-rescue units used in the mine. Among these defendants were Polytron…
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3Cited by55 opinions
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