Legal Opinion

McLamb v. E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co.

Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Decided November 12, 1935No. 3943PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SOPER, Circuit Judge.

Willie Joe McLamb, the plaintiff in the District Court, seeks to recover dam*967ages in this suit against E. I.' Du Pont De Nemours & Co., for personal injuries suffered by him in an explosion of dynamite which occurred on December 12, 1933, during the dredging of the Inland Waterway near Little River, S. G, by the United States government. A hard stratum of land and rock had been encountered in this vicinity, which impeded the progress of the work, and the United States Army engineer in charge requested the Du Pont Company to send experts to examine the ground and advise him…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Standard Oil Co. v. AndersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1909
  2. Singer Manufacturing Co. v. RahnSupreme Court of the United States · 1889
  3. Denton v. Yazoo & Mississippi Valley RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
  4. Wyllie v. . PalmerNew York Court of Appeals · 1893
  5. Linstead v. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1928

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Littlehale v. E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1966
  2. Jones v. George F. Getty Oil Co.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1937
  3. Shipman v. MacCo CorporationNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1964
  4. Stegall v. Catawba Oil Company of NCSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1963
  5. Dunham v. WalkerNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1955

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