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TRATCHEL v. ESSEX GROUP, INC.

No. 88-1393.

452 N.W.2d 171 (1990)

Carl E. TRATCHEL, Individually; and Dorothy Tratchel, as the Guardian of Carl E. Tratchel and the Conservator of his Property; Judy Tratchel; Dorothy Tratchel, Individually; and Leland T. Tratchel, Appellees, v. ESSEX GROUP, INC., Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

As Corrected March 7, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ludwig B. Gartner, Jr. and Scott P. Drawe of Faegre & Benson, Minneapolis, Minn., Jack D. Hilmes of Duncan, Jones, Riley & Finley, Des Moines, for appellant.

Thomas D. Hanson, Barry A. Russell, and Lu Ann White of Hanson, Bjork & Russell, Des Moines, and Donald L. Schild of the Schild Law Office, Grinnell, for appellees.

Considered by McGIVERIN, C.J., and HARRIS, SCHULTZ, NEUMAN and ANDREASEN, JJ.

SCHULTZ, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment entered against Essex Group, Inc. (Essex), a manufacturer of a gas control unit. Carl Tratchel and his mother Dorothy Tratchel were severely injured as a result of a liquid petroleum (LP) gas explosion.

Carl and his wife Judy Tratchel purchased a Lennox gas furnace for their house in March 1982. The furnace was equipped with a gas control unit, the SX242, manufactured by Essex. The Tratchels subsequently...

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