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EATON CORP. v. WRIGHT

[No. 22, September Term, 1977.]

281 Md. 80 (1977)

375 A.2d 1122

EATON CORPORATION ET AL. v. RONALD J. WRIGHT ET AL.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided July 19, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey R. Schmieler, with whom were Carlton L. Saunders and Saunders & Schmieler on the brief, for appellant Eaton Corporation; Edward C. Donahue and Donahue & Ehrmantraut on the brief, for appellant M.A. Gerett, Inc.; John A. Buchanan and Sasscer, Clagett, Channing & Bucher on the brief, for appellant Coleman Company, Inc.

Brian J. Nash and Burt M. Kahn, with whom were Walter E. Laake, Jr., and Kaplan, Smith, Joseph, Greenwald & Laake on the brief, for appellees.

The cause was argued before MURPHY, C.J., and SINGLEY, SMITH, DIGGES, LEVINE, ELDRIDGE and ORTH, JJ.

ELDRIDGE, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

In June 1972, Ronald Wright and Anthony Fusco were injured while using a propane torch and fuel canister. The valve of the propane fuel canister failed to close when the canister was detached from the torch head appliance, allowing the fuel to escape and resulting in an explosion. Wright and Fusco instituted an action for injuries sustained in the explosion in the Circuit Court for Prince George's County against the...

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