BEAUCHESNE v. COLEMAN CO. INC.


350 Mass. 646 (1966)

216 N.E.2d 96

LINDA BEAUCHESNE & another vs. THE COLEMAN CO., INC.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

April 29, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel J. Coughlin, Jr., for the defendant.

Joseph J. Zacharer (Albert J. Marcotte with him) for the plaintiffs.

Present: WILKINS, C.J., SPALDING, CUTTER, SPIEGEL, & REARDON, JJ.


REARDON, J.

In this action of tort for negligence, the minor plaintiff seeks damages for personal injuries and her father seeks consequential damages against the defendant manufacturer of a double burner gasoline camping stove which exploded when first it was used by the father. He had acquired the stove for trading stamps. There was a verdict of $25,000 for the minor plaintiff who had suffered numerous second degree burns...

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