ARTIS v. CORONA CORPORATION OF JAPAN

No. 96-CV-329.

703 A.2d 1214 (1997)

Roger ARTIS, Appellant, v. CORONA CORPORATION OF JAPAN, et al., Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided November 26, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Philip Kessel, with whom Jack A. Gold, Bethesda, MD, was on the brief, for appellant.

Gerald F. Ivey, with whom Rebecca Nassab, Washington, DC, was on the brief, for appellee.

Before KING, REID and EILPERIN, Associate Judges.


REID, Associate Judge:

Appellant Roger Artis filed a complaint against appellee Corona Corporation of Japan and others ("Corona"), alleging negligence, strict liability and breach of warranties after a kerosene heater flared up and caused severe burns to his body. The trial judge granted summary judgment in behalf of Corona on the ground that Mr. Artis failed to demonstrate that an alternative design was commercially available and/or feasible at the time the heater...

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