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ANDREN v. WHITE-RODGERS CO.

No. CX-90-1755.

465 N.W.2d 102 (1991)

Robert Arlen ANDREN, Appellant, v. WHITE-RODGERS COMPANY, A DIVISION OF EMERSON ELECTRIC CO., Respondent, Sears, Roebuck & Co., a New York corporation, Respondent. WHITE-RODGERS COMPANY, A DIVISION OF EMERSON ELECTRIC CO., defendant and third-party plaintiff, Respondent, v. FLEXAN CORPORATION, an Illinois corporation, third-party defendants, Respondent, Minnesota Rubber, a Quadian Company, Third-Party Defendant.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

Review Denied March 27, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John P. Clifford, John L. Greer, Meshbesher, Singer & Spence, Ltd., Minneapolis, for Andren.

Brian N. Johnson, Bruce L. McLellan, Popham, Haik, Schnobrich, Kaufman & Doty, Ltd., Minneapolis, for White-Rodgers Co.

Gene P. Bradt, Hansen, Dordell, Bradt, Odlaug & Bradt, St. Paul, for Sears, Roebuck & Co.

Mark Bloomquest, Steve C. Eggimann, Meagher, Geer, Markham, Anderson, Adamson, Flaskamp & Brennan, Minneapolis, for Flexan Corp.

Considered and decided by FOLEY, P.J., and NORTON and SHORT, JJ.

OPINION

SHORT, Judge.

This products liability action arises from a liquid propane gas explosion in Robert Andren's cabin. On appeal from a grant of summary judgment, Andren argues the trial court erred in deciding his lighting of a cigarette in a basement filled with gas was a legal bar to recovery. We disagree and affirm.

FACTS

Andren owned a lake cabin which was heated by liquid propane (LP...

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