Legal Opinion
Bonnie Lee Jamieson Deveny, B.N.F. Frank Jamieson, and Frank Jamieson v. Rheem Manufacturing Company, Robertshaw Fulton Controls Company
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 6, 1963No. 27681_1PublishedCited by 74 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLARK, Circuit Judge.
On August 17, 1958, plaintiff Bonnie Lee Jamieson Deveny went to the cellar of her aunt’s home in Burlington, Vermont, to relight the pilot light of the hot water heater, which had gone out. The heater, manufactured by defendant-ap■pellant Rheem Manufacturing Company and containing a control device manufactured by defendant-appellant Robertshaw Fulton Controls Company, exploded, and plaintiff sustained serious burns.
This action was instituted by plaintiff Bonnie Lee and her father as next friend and on his own behalf in the "United States District Court for the District…
2Cases cited26 opinions
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3Cited by74 opinions
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