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HART-ALBIN CO. v. McLEES INC.

No. 92-568.

870 P.2d 51 (1994)

HART-ALBIN COMPANY and Broadway Realty Corporation, Plaintiffs, Appellants, and Cross-Respondents, v. McLEES INCORPORATED, Ace Electric, Inc., Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc., RTB Development, Inc., and John Doe I through John Doe IV, Defendants, Respondents, and Cross-Appellants.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided February 17, 1994.

Rehearing Denied April 14, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. Randall Bishop (argued), Jarussi & Bishop, Billings, Thomas S. Felker, Perry, Hiscock, Pierson & Ryder, Inc., P.S., Seattle, WA, for appellants.

L.D. Nybo (argued), Conklin, Nybo, Leveque & Murphy, P.C., Great Falls, for respondents.

TURNAGE, Justice.

Plaintiffs sued defendant Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc., in strict liability, claiming an electrical extension cord connector manufactured by Leviton caused a fire in the Hart-Albin store in downtown Billings, Montana. A jury in the District Court for the Thirteenth Judicial District, Yellowstone County, apportioned fault 40 percent to Leviton and 60 percent to plaintiffs, and the court entered judgment for Leviton. We reverse and remand for retrial...

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