LA CHANCE v. THERMOGAS CO. OF LENA

No. 83-1436.

120 Wis.2d 569 (1984)

357 N.W.2d 1

Ralph LA CHANCE, Plaintiff-Respondent, EMPLOYERS INSURANCE OF WAUSAU, Intervenor-Respondent, v. THERMOGAS COMPANY OF LENA, Defendant-Third-Party Defendant-Appellant, CANADIAN UNIVERSAL INSURANCE COMPANY, LTD., a corporation, and L.B. White Company, Inc., a corporation, Defendants and Third-Party Plaintiffs.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided September 4, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant the cause was submitted on the briefs of Condon, Hanaway, Wickert & Fenwick, Ltd., of Green Bay.

For the respondent the cause was submitted on the brief of Kaftan, Kaftan, Kaftan, Van Egeren, Ostrow, Gilson & Geimer, S.C., of Green Bay.

For the intervenor-respondent the cause was submitted on the brief of Law Offices of Robert S. Schuch of Wausau.

Before Foley, P.J., Dean and Cane, JJ.


DEAN, J.

Thermogas Company of Lena appeals a judgment awarding Ralph La Chance damages for injuries he sustained in an LP gas explosion that occurred when he tried to relight a gas torch in a wetwell containing an accumulation of propane. Thermogas supplied the propane for the construction project. La Chance contends that Thermogas negligently failed to warn of the dangerous propensities of LP gas. The following issues are raised:

1. Whether Thermogas owed...

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