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GIRVAN v. FUELGAS CO.

Docket No. 204309.

607 N.W.2d 116 (1999)

238 Mich. App. 703

Julia GIRVAN, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Juanita May Buechl, Deceased Plaintiff-Appellee, v. FUELGAS COMPANY, a division of Emro Propane Company, Defendant/Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellant and Richard Dahn, d/b/a Prescott Heating and Cooling, a/k/a Prescott Gas and Heating, Defendant/Third-Party Plaintiff, and Joseph Buechl, Third-Party Defendant.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided December 3, 1999, at 9:20 a.m.

Released for Publication March 7, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Seward, Tally & Piggott, P.C. (by John M. Morosi and Kenneth K. Wright), Bay City, for the plaintiff.

Lynch, Gallagher, Lynch & Martineau, P.L.L.C. (by Steven W. Martineau and Byron P. Gallagher, Jr.), Lansing, for the defendant.

Before: MARKMAN, P.J., and HOEKSTRA and ZAHRA, JJ.

ZAHRA, J.

This lawsuit arises from the April 17, 1991, explosion and fire that resulted in the death of Juanita Buechl. The explosion occurred when a spark from a light bulb ignited propane gas that accumulated in the deceased's garage after her husband, Joseph Buechl, inadvertently opened the valve on a gas line in the garage. The gas line had not been in use for some time and was not capped to prevent the releasing of...

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