Legal Opinion
Barber v. General Electric Co.
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided May 11, 1981No. Nos. 79-1918, 79-1926PublishedCited by 70 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAM E. DOYLE, Circuit Judge.
The question which is here presented is whether the trial court erred in granting defendant’s motion for summary judgment in a personal injury case which grew out of a high voltage transformer explosion in the course of its being installed.
The occurrence took place on May 27, 1976. The transformer was being installed by the plaintiff Barber and other employees of Western Farmers Electric Cooperative at a Western Farmers sub-station. General Electric had manufactured the transformer at Rome, Georgia and had shipped it to Anadarko, Oklahoma by rail in 1974.…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- United States v. Diebold, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Kirkland v. General Motors CorporationSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1974
- Hiigel v. General Motors CorporationSupreme Court of Colorado · 1976
- Mustang Fuel Corporation, a Corporation v. Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company, an Ohio CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1975
- Mike Bruce v. Martin-Marietta Corporation and Ozark Airlines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1976
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3Cited by70 opinions
- Terry Clark v. Robert J. Tansy, Warden Attorney General for the State of New MexicoCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1993
- Brown v. McGraw-Edison Co.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1984
- Nancy L. Bly, Administratrix of Wayne A. Bly, Deceased v. Otis Elevator Company, a New Jersey CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1983
- Flight Concepts Ltd. Partnership v. Boeing Co.District Court, D. Kansas · 1993
- Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. v. Sonic Development Corp.District Court, D. Kansas · 1982
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