[Download] "Lee v. Walworth Valve Co." by United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit * eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Lee v. Walworth Valve Co.
- Author : United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
- Release Date : January 02, 1973
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 57 KB
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HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge: There was a rupture of a steam valve in the engine room of the USS Trenton, while she was cruising on the high seas off Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. A chief petty officer, on watch at the time in the engine room, was killed by escaping steam. He was a citizen of South Carolina, and he left his widow and executrix, who is a citizen and resident of that State. As executrix, she filed this action for wrongful death in the District Court for the District of South Carolina against Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Co., the builder of the Trenton, and against Walworth Valve Co., the manufacturer of the valve. Walworth filed a motion to quash the service upon it upon the ground that its contacts with South Carolina are insufficient to make it amenable to suit in that State.1