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LUCHT v. AMERICAN PROPANE GAS CO.

No. 36728.

162 N.W.2d 891 (1968)

183 Neb. 583

Paul LUCHT, d/b/a Paul Lucht Body Shop, Appellee, v. AMERICAN PROPANE GAS CO., a Corporation, Phillips Petroleum Co., a Corporation, and Transport Repair Service, Inc., a Corporation, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

December 6, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John E. Dougherty, York, Fraser, Stryker, Marshall & Veach, Omaha, for appellants.

Eisenstatt, Morrison, Higgins, Miller, Kinnamon & Morrison, McCormack, McCormack & Brown, Omaha, for appellee.

Heard before WHITE, C. J., and CARTER, SPENCER, BOSLAUGH, McCOWN and NEWTON, JJ.

SPENCER, Justice.

This is an action for damages sustained to property of the plaintiff in an explosion and fire, which occurred November 11, 1963, on the premises of the plaintiff when plaintiff subjected a propane tank truck, delivered to him for painting, to intense heat in a bake oven as part of the painting and drying process. A jury returned a verdict against all defendants in the sum of $86,200. Defendants perfected appeals to this court.

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