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HETHCOAT v. CHEVRON OIL CO.

No. FF-387.

364 So.2d 1243 (1978)

Billie Earl HETHCOAT, As Administratrix of the Estate of William Randolph Eatman, Jr., Deceased, Appellant. v. CHEVRON OIL CO., Hy-Way Heat Systems, Inc. and V.E. Whitehurst & Sons, Inc., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied December 29, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William C. Owen of McClure, Wigginton, Campbell & Owen, P.A., and Robert C. Dean, Tallahassee, for appellant.

Richard T. Jones and Robert Dennis Comfort of Jones & Langdon, P.A., Gainesville, for appellee Chevron.

Bruce S. Bullock and Martin J. Mickler of Bullock, Sharp & Childs, P.A., Jacksonville, for appellee Hy-Way.

Monroe S. McDonald of Sanders, McEwan, Mims & McDonald, Orlando, for appellee Whitehurst.

PER CURIAM.

Plaintiff appeals from judgments for all defendants entered on directed verdicts of nonliability. The principal issue is whether plaintiff's proof made a prima facie case against any of three defendants. The action arose from the death of plaintiff's husband, a welder, when the acetylene and oxygen flame from his torch exploded oil vapors or other volatile material in a large tank assembly which defendant Hy-Way designed, built, and sold as suitable for...

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