Union Carbide Corp. v. Holton

Marshall, Judge.

The question presented in this appeal is whether plaintiffs injuries from an exploding compressed air cylinder were proximately caused by the defendant’s alleged negligence as a matter of law.

Appellee Holton, a plaintiff below, was an employee of a Holiday Inn motel in Augusta, Georgia, where he and his supervisor performed routine maintenance duties at the motel such as making keys, repairing broken beds, televisions, air conditioning units, etc. One of their duties was to clear out drain pipes at the motel which had become stopped up. One method of unplugging drains which…