KLEIN v. GENERAL ELEC. CO.

No. 50040.

714 S.W.2d 896 (1986)

Richard KLEIN and Virginia Klein, Plaintiffs, v. GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Defendant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Division Two.

Motion for Rehearing and/or Transfer Denied August 27, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald D. Morris, Shepherd, Sandberg & Phoenix, St. Louis, for defendant.

Anthony S. Bruning, Leritz, Reinert & Duree, P.C., St. Louis, for plaintiffs.


Motion for Rehearing and/or Transfer to Supreme Court Denied August 27, 1986.

DOWD, Presiding Judge.

Defendant, General Electric Company, appeals from a judgment based on a jury verdict of $600,000 in favor of the plaintiffs. This product liability action is founded on the theory of strict liability and is brought by the Kleins for the damages to their home caused by a fire originating in an automatic coffeemaker manufactured by the General Electric Company...

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