Marion F. Cole, Personal Representative of the Estate of Deborah D. Eisenhut, Deceased v. United States

TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from a summary judgment entered in behalf of the United States in a wrongful death suit brought under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 1346, 2671-2680 (1982). Cole v. United States, 651 F.Supp. 221 (N.D.Fla.1986). We affirm.

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On February 28, 1980, an explosion occurred in the laboratory of Ordnance Research, Inc. (ORI), an explosives and pyrotechnics manufacturer, and took the life of appellant’s decedent, a laboratory technician. At the time, ORI was performing a contract for the United States Army Armament Research and Development Command…