Legal Opinion
Ensign-Bickford Co. v. Reeves
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided March 7, 1938No. 10873PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOODROUGH, Circuit Judge.
Jake Reeves, the plaintiff in this suit, suffered severe injuries including total loss *191of sight by the unexpected explosion of a charge of powder while he and a man named Richard Lovell were blasting out rock in a small quarry in St. Louis county, Mo. They had used a fuse known as “Clover Brand Safety Fuse” and Reeves brought this action for damages for his injuries against the fuse manufacturer. He claimed that the- fuse was defective and that the manufacturer was negligent in making and putting it out in such defective condition. There was a general verdict in his…
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- United States Radiator Corporation v. HendersonCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1933
- Reed & Barton Corporation v. MaasCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1934
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