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Chovan v. EI Du Pont De Nemours & Company

District Court, E.D. Michigan

Decided May 24, 1963No. Civ. A. 21607PublishedCited by 27 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

McCREE, District Judge.

This is a wrongful death action brought by Hermine Chovan, Administratrix of the Estate of Samuel Chovan, deceased, against E. I. DuPont de Nemours & Company, a Delaware Corporation and the Ensign-Bickford Company, a Connecticut Corporation. The jurisdictional requirements of diversity and dollar amount are pleaded.

Plaintiff alleges that blasting caps manufactured by DuPont and fuse and hot wire fuse lighters manufactured by Ensign-Bickford were defective and caused a dynamite charge to explode prematurely resulting in the death of Samuel Chovan, a miner employed by…

2Cases cited47 opinions

  1. International Shoe Co. v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
  2. Hanson v. DencklaSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
  3. McGee v. International Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  4. Guaranty Trust Co. v. YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
  5. Guaranty Trust Co. v. YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1945

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3Cited by27 opinions

  1. Abick v. State Of MichiganCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1986
  2. Hunt v. Nevada State BankSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1969
  3. Kagan v. United Vacuum Appliance Corp.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1970
  4. Adams Dairy Company v. National Dairy Products Corp.District Court, W.D. Missouri · 1968
  5. Krueger v. Rheem Manufacturing CompanySupreme Court of Iowa · 1967

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