Legal Opinion
High Voltage Engineering Corporation, a Corporation v. C. Ballard Pierce and Sandia Corporation, a Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided April 27, 1966No. 8071_1PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MURRAH, Chief Judge.
This appeal is from a judgment on a jury verdict in an action by appellee Pierce against appellant High Voltage for personal injuries caused by a radioactive beam from an electron accelerator manufactured and supplied by High Voltage to the intervenor Sandia Corporation, 1 Pierce’s employer.
The Van deGraaff two million volt accelerator was designed and used to propel electron beams at target material for nuclear experimental purposes. This is accomplished by spraying electrons on a moving belt for transmission to a high voltage terminal. From the terminal they flow to a…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Nellie Mae Marker, Administratrix of the Estate of Donald Orvel Marker, Deceased v. Universal Oil Products Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1957
- United States v. HessCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1965
- United States Ex Rel. Henry H. Staples v. Frank J. Pate, Warden, Illinois State Penitentiary, Joliet, IllinoisCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1964
- Preston A. Parkinson v. The California Company, a Corporation, and Stanolind Oil & Gas Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1958
3Cited by23 opinions
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- Manuel L. Kiner v. Lyla Lee NorthcuttCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1970
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