HOOD v. FORMATRON CORPORATION

No. 43021.

488 P.2d 1281 (1971)

LaSchelle HOOD, a Minor, by her Father and Next Friend, G.E. Hood, Jr., Plaintiff in Error, v. FORMATRON CORPORATION et al., Defendants in Error.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

Rehearing Denied September 21, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Glenn A. Young, Sapulpa, for plaintiff in error.

Sanders & McElroy, Tulsa, for defendant in error, Formatron Corp.

Thomas Rucker & Tabor, Don Hopkins, Tom Kellish, Tulsa, for defendant in error, State Supply.

John H. Tucker, of Rhodes, Hieronymus, Holloway & Wilson, Tulsa, for defendant in error, D.J. Hensley, d/b/a Lakeland Speed Laundry.


JACKSON, Justice:

Plaintiff LaSchelle Hood, a child a little over two years old, went with her mother to a laundromat in Muskogee. While the mother was attending to her laundry, the child climbed into a chair to which was affixed a coin-operated hair-dryer. From pictures in evidence, it appears that the heating mechanism of the dryer was underneath, or in the back of, the chair. A square metal shaft, described as a heated...

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