ABRAHAM v. GREAT WESTERN ENERGY, LLC

No. 03-226.

101 P.3d 446 (2004)

2004 WY 145

Craig ABRAHAM and Kim Abraham, husband and wife, individually, and on behalf of their minor children, Ethan Abraham, Jessica Abraham, Sheldon Abraham, and Branden Abraham; and Gary A. Barney, as Bankruptcy Trustee for Craig Abraham and Kim Abraham, Appellants (Plaintiffs), v. GREAT WESTERN ENERGY, LLC, a Montana corporation, d/b/a Wyo. L.P. Gas; and Big Horn Co-Operative Marketing Association, a Wyoming corporation, Appellees (Defendants).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

November 24, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Representing Appellants: William L. Simpson of Simpson, Kepler & Edwards, LLC, Cody, Wyoming, and Diane Vaksdal Smith of Burg, Simpson, Eldredge, Hersh and Jardine, P.C., Cody, Wyoming. Argument by Ms. Smith.

Representing Appellees: John V. McCoy and Thomas C. Hofbauer of McCoy & Hofbauer, Waukesha, Wisconsin, and Bradley D. Bonner of Bonner & Stinson, P.C., Powell, Wyoming, for appellee Great Western Energy, LLC; Scott McColloch of McColloch & Burns, Greybull, Wyoming, and Thomas W. Pahl, David M. Dahlmeier, and Jessica B. Rivas of Foley & Mansfield, PLLP, Minneapolis, Minnesota, for appellee Big Horn Co-Operative Marketing Association. Argument by Messers. Dahlmeier and McCoy.

Before HILL, C.J., and GOLDEN, LEHMAN, KITE, and VOIGT, JJ.


HILL, Chief Justice.

[¶ 1] Craig Abraham was severely burned and permanently injured in a propane gas flash fire1 at his home in Otto, Wyoming, on July 29, 2000. On November 29, 2001, a complaint was filed in the district court naming Craig, as well as his wife Kim Abraham and their four children, as plaintiffs (collectively the Abrahams).2 In their complaint...

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