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HUGHES v. MAGIC CHEF, INC.

No. 63279.

288 N.W.2d 542 (1980)

Vincent E. HUGHES and Eileen M. Hughes, Appellants, v. MAGIC CHEF, INC., Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

February 20, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond J. Gazzo of Coppola, Trout, Taha & Gazzo, Des Moines, for appellants.

Ronald A. Riley and David L. Brown of Hansen, McClintock & Riley, Des Moines, for appellees.

Considered by LeGRAND, P. J., and UHLENHOPP, McCORMICK, ALLBEE and McGIVERIN, JJ.

UHLENHOPP, Justice.

This appeal in a products liability action requires us to consider the trial court's jury instructions.

Plaintiff Vincent E. Hughes was severely burned on March 9, 1976, when a stove manufactured by defendant Magic Chef, Inc., exploded in his mobile home. The propane gas tank which fueled the stove had run dry on March 7, 1976. After the propane tank was refilled that evening, two pilot lights on the top of the stove were re-lit but a third...

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