VAN HOOSE v. BLUEFLAME GAS, INC.

No. 78-465.

642 P.2d 36 (1981)

James Willard VAN HOOSE and Louisa Van Hoose, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. BLUEFLAME GAS, INC., Diamond Shamrock Corporation, and Phillips Petroleum Co., Defendants-Appellees.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. III.

As Modified on Denial of Rehearing January 7, 1982.

Certiorari Granted March 8, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Williams, Trine, Greenstein & Griffith, P. C., William A. Trine, Boulder, Faricy, Tursi & Phelps, James V. Phelps, Pueblo, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Petersen & Fonda, P. C., Garrett Fonda, Pueblo, for defendant-appellee Blueflame Gas, Inc.

Donald E. LaMora, Colorado Springs, for defendant-appellee Diamond Shamrock Corp.

Louis J. Stuart, P.C., Louis J. Stuart, Pueblo, for defendant-appellee Phillips Petroleum Co.


KIRSHBAUM, Judge.

Plaintiffs, husband and wife, appeal a judgment entered against them upon a jury verdict in an action for personal injuries based upon an explosion and flash fire which occurred as the husband attempted to light a hot water heater in the basement of plaintiffs' Pueblo, Colorado, home. We reverse.

The record reveals that prior to the accident plaintiffs had purchased a quantity of liquified petroleum (L.P.) gas from defendant Blueflame Gas...

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