WESTERN SUR. & CAS. v. GENERAL ELEC. CO.

No. C7-88-949.

433 N.W.2d 444 (1988)

WESTERN SURETY AND CASUALTY CO., Appellant, v. GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

Review Denied February 22, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael R. Quinlivan, Arthur, Chapman & McDonough, Minneapolis, for appellant.

Sally A. Johnson, Bruce Jones, Faegre & Benson, Minneapolis, for respondent.

Heard, considered, and decided by WOZNIAK, C.J., and HUSPENI and SCHUMACHER, JJ.


OPINION

WOZNIAK, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff Elroy Pinkert commenced an action against respondent General Electric Company (GE) for strict liability, negligent design, and breach of an implied warranty of fitness for a particular purpose and an implied warranty of merchantability for injuries suffered in an alleged explosion of a GE 6014 headlight in his 1978 Ford Fiesta. Pinkert's wife also asserted claims.

Appellant Western Casualty and Surety (Western...

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