SMITHEMAN v. NATIONAL PRESTO INDUSTRIES, INC.

No. 921 SC225.

428 S.E.2d 465 (1993)

109 N.C. App. 636

David Joseph SMITHEMAN, an infant, by his Guardian ad Litem, Philip P. GODWIN, Sr., and Mark A. Smitheman, Plaintiffs, v. NATIONAL PRESTO INDUSTRIES, INC., Homes by Oakwood, Inc., and Oakwood Mobile Homes, Inc., Defendants.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

April 20, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tavss, Fletcher, Earley & King, P.C. by John R. Fletcher and Ray W. King, Norfolk, and Overton & Carter by Larry S. Overton, Ahoskie, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Hornthal, Riley, Ellis & Maland by M.H. Hood Ellis and Michael P. Sanders, Elizabeth City, and Willcox & Savage, P.C. by John Y. Pearson, Jr. and William M. Furr, Norfolk, for defendants-appellants.


LEWIS, Judge.

Plaintiffs filed this products liability action on 13 November 1989 against National Presto Industries, Inc. (hereinafter "Presto"), Oakwood Mobile Homes, Inc. and Homes by Oakwood, Inc. (hereinafter collectively referred to as "Oakwood"). Presto is the manufacturer of a cooker which tipped over and spilled hot oil on the minor plaintiff after he had pulled the cord. Oakwood manufactured the mobile home in which the accident occurred. On 27 November...

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