District Court, E.D. Virginia February 20, 1967, Civ. A. 4859 (Owens v. Combustion Engineering, Inc.)

MEMORANDUM

WALTER E. HOFFMAN, District Judge.

This action was instituted on November 18, 1964, to recover damages for injuries sustained on November 24, 1962. The gist of the complaint is that plaintiff was attempting to relight an automatic gas hot water heater when there was a sudden explosion and plaintiff was severely injured.