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ASHMORE v. CLEANWELD PRODUCTS, INC.

No. A8003-01660; CA A26402.

672 P.2d 1230 (1983)

66 Or.App. 62

Joseph A. ASHMORE, a Minor, by and through His Guardian Ad Litem, F. Pauline Ashmore, Appellant, v. CLEANWELD PRODUCTS, INC., a California Corporation, and G.I. Joe's, Inc., an Oregon Corporation, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided December 7, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan E. Watts, Portland, argued the cause for appellant. On the briefs were Jack Kennedy, and Kennedy, King, Zimmer & O'Malley, Portland.

E. Richard Bodyfelt, Portland argued the cause for respondent Cleanweld Products, Inc. David H. Williams, Portland, argued the cause for respondent G.I. Joe's, Inc. With them on the brief were Kathryn R. Janssen, Bodyfelt, Mount, Stroup & Chamberlain, and David A. Morrison, and Cosgrave, Kester, Crowe, Gidley & Lagesen, Portland.

Before RICHARDSON, P.J., and VAN HOOMISSEN and NEWMAN, JJ.

VAN HOOMISSEN, Judge.

The issue in this tort case is whether plaintiff, a minor, is barred by public policy from suing a manufacturer and retailer for injuries that he sustained as a result of the premature explosion of a bomb he was making using defendants' product. The trial court ruled that he is barred. We disagree and reverse and remand.

Plaintiff, age 15, was seriously injured when a pipe bomb he was making...

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