Legal Opinion
Alastair Washington v. Department of Transportation
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 6, 1993No. 92-3741PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judge:
Alastair Washington brought a products liability suit against Shop Vac Corporation (“Shop Vac”), seeking damages for injuries he sustained when a spark from a Shop Vac vacuum ignited acetone vapors in the freshwater tank of a ship where Washington was working. Washington claimed that Shop Vac’s failure to provide an adequate warning label on its vacuum was a proximate cause of his injuries. The district court, sitting in diversity, entered judgment for Shop Vac in accordance with the jury’s answers to two special interrogatories. On appeal, Washington contests…
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- J.B.N. Morris, Cross-Appellant v. Homco International, Inc., Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1988
- Guidry v. Frank Guidry Oil Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1991
- George Jones, Cross-Appellant v. Benefit Trust Life Insurance Company, Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1986
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