Legal Opinion

Donald J. Iliff v. American Fire Apparatus Company, Inc., and American Fire Pump Company, Inc.

Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Decided April 13, 1960No. 8020_1PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SOPER, Circuit Judge.

This suit was brought by a volunteer fireman who was injured in fighting a fire in Fairfax County, Virginia, when a portion of the equipment mounted on a fire truck which he was using blew out and struck him with great force and violence. The fire truck and the apparatus had been sold to the Fairfax Volunteer Fire Department by the American Fire Apparatus Company, a Michigan corporation, one of the defendants, and the charge is that it had been negligently and unsafely designed, manufactured, and installed by the American Fire Apparatus Company and the American Fire Pump…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. International Shoe Co. v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
  2. Pulson v. American Rolling Mill Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1948
  3. Partin v. Michaels Art Bronze Co., IncCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1953
  4. Steinway v. Majestic Amusement Co.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1950
  5. Latimer v. S/A Industrias Reunidas F. MatarazzoCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1949

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc. v. Bunge Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1962
  2. Pennington v. McDonnell Douglas Corp.District Court, E.D. Virginia · 1983
  3. Alcalde v. The Steamship Los MayasDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1960
  4. Delray Beach Aviation Corp. v. Mooney Aircraft, Inc.District Court, W.D. Texas · 1963
  5. Moore-Mccormack Lines, Inc., and Old Dominion Stevedoring Corporation v. Bunge Corporation, and H. J. Baker & Bro., Inc., (Two Cases). In the Matter of Willie Alston v. Moore-Mccormack Lines, Inc., and Third-Party v. Old Dominion Stevedoring Corporation, Third-Party Civil Action No. 3285. In the Matter of Solomon Blow v. Moore-Mccormack Lines, Inc., and Third-Party v. Old Dominion Stevedoring Corporation, Third-Party Civil Action No. 3317Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1962

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