STOFFEL v. THERMOGAS CO.

No. Civ. 95-1021 MJM.

998 F.Supp. 1021 (1997)

Paul STOFFEL, Plaintiff, v. THERMOGAS COMPANY and/or Thermogas Company of Dubuque n/k/a Mapco Petroleum, Inc., and/or Mapco Gas Products, Inc., Mid-America Pipeline Company, a Mapco Company and/or Mapco, Inc., and/or Mapco Gas Products, Inc. and/or Mapco, Inc., and U.S. Water-Heater Co. and/or Bradford-White Corp., Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Iowa, Eastern Division-Dubuque.

December 11, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald G. Beattie, Edward W. Skinner, Skinner Beattie Wilson, Altoona, IA, for Plaintiff, Paul Stoffel.

Lew Eells, Eells & Sovern Law Offices, Cedar Rapids, IA, Leonard J. Johnson, Morrison & Hecker, LLP, Kansas City, MO, for Defendants, Thermogas Company, Mapco Petroleum, MAPCO, Inc., Mapco Gas Products, Inc. and Mid-America Pipeline Co.

Dale Peddicord, Joseph M. Barron, Peddicord Wharton Thune Spencer, Des Moines, IA, for Defendants, U.S. Waterheater Co. and Bradford-White Corp.


Memorandum Opinion and Order on Mid-America Pipeline Company's Motion for Summary Judgment

MELLOY, Chief Judge.

I. Introduction

Paul Stoffel's basement exploded in flames as he was trying to start his waterheater, leaving him disabled and disfigured. Stoffel filed this suit under the diversity jurisdiction against a variety of defendants, all of whom Stoffel claims were associated in some way with the waterheater or with the propane gas...

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