PARSONSON v. CONST. EQUIPMENT CO.

Docket No. 4,908.

18 Mich. App. 87 (1969)

170 N.W.2d 479

PARSONSON v. CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT COMPANY

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Rehearing denied August 5, 1969.

Application for leave to appeal filed August 22, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charfoos & Charfoos, for plaintiffs.

Kelly & Tatham, for defendant Construction Equipment Company.

Before: HOLBROOK, P.J., and McGREGOR and BRONSON, JJ.


McGREGOR, J.

Plaintiff suffered burns in 1963 while tending an asphalt machine assembled by defendant White Manufacturing Company and sold by defendant Construction Equipment Company. As plaintiff unscrewed a gas cap on a motor to check the fluid level, gasoline spewed out and ignited. The motor was one of five used to provide power for the portable asphalt plant. A clogged vent probably caused the accident, but the specific cause was not determined. Plaintiff, joined...

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