WEYERHAEUSER CO. v. THERMOGAS CO.

No. 98-2222.

620 N.W.2d 819 (2000)

WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY, Appellant, v. THERMOGAS COMPANY, Appellee, Blackhawk Automatic Sprinklers, Inc. and Clark Equipment Company, Defendants.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Rehearing Denied January 29, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas B. Caswell and John C. Goodnow of Zelle, Hofmann, Voelbel & Gette, L.L.P., Minneapolis, MN, and Diane Kutzko and Steven J. Pace of Shuttleworth & Ingersoll, P.C., Cedar Rapids, for appellant.

Joseph M. Barron of Peddicord, Wharton, Thune & Spencer, P.C., Des Moines, Leonard J. Johnson, John G. Hansen, and Brian A. Mark of the Johnson Law Group, L.L.C., Kansas City, MO, and Donald L. Eells of Eells & Sovern Law Office, P.L.C., Cedar Rapids, for appellee.

Considered en banc.


LAVORATO, Chief Justice.

A jury found against Weyerhaeuser Company in its action against Thermogas Company for damages to Weyerhaeuser's facility stemming from a liquid propane tank explosion. Weyerhaeuser appeals following the district court's denial of its motion for a new trial, raising three principal issues: (1) whether the district court erred in directing a verdict for Thermogas on Weyerhaeuser's claims for strict liability and breach of implied warranty of...

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