CRANDELL v. LARKIN AND JONES APPLIANCE CO.

No. 13942.

334 N.W.2d 31 (1983)

A.L. CRANDELL, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. LARKIN AND JONES APPLIANCE COMPANY, INC., a corporation, Defendant and Third Party Plaintiff/Appellee, v. GAMBLE-SKOGMO, INC., a Delaware Corporation, and Webster City Products Company, a Division of White Consolidated Industries, Inc., f/k/a Franklin Manufacturing Company, Third Party Defendants.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided May 18, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald A. Porter of Costello, Porter, Hill, Nelson, Heisterkamp & Bushnell, Rapid City, for plaintiff and appellant.

J. Crisman Palmer of Gunderson & Palmer, Rapid City, for defendant and third party plaintiff/appellee.


DUNN, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment entered by the trial court granting a motion to dismiss a products liability action against a commercial seller of used products. We reverse and remand.

On February 4, 1978, Gloria (Mrs. A.L.) Crandell (appellant) purchased a used Coronado clothes dryer from Larkin and Jones Appliance Company, Inc. (appellee). The dryer, which was displayed on appellee's sales floor, had a tag affixed to it which described the...

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