Legal Opinion
Bryte Ex Rel. Estate of Bryte v. American Household, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided November 21, 2005No. 04-1051PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed by published opinion. Judge WIDENER wrote the opinion, in which Judge NIEMEYER and Judge LUTTIG concurred.
WIDENER, Circuit Judge.
On October 23, 2000, Lova Bryte died in a fire in her Preston County, West Virginia apartment. She was using an electrically heated throw at the time of the fire. Several weeks later, plaintiffs, Mrs. Bryte’s personal representative and relatives, brought this action against defendant American Household, Inc. (formerly Sunbeam Corp.), the manufacturer of the throw. Plaintiffs alleged that the electric throw had a defective safety circuit and that this…
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