Marshall v. Co-Operative Oil Co. of Olmsted County

This is a case involving an explosion-fire claimed to have been caused by the ignition of propane gas which percolated through the soil from a leak in an outside, underground supply line into a basement and there accumulated in a sufficient amount to ignite and cause a flash fire. Plaintiff, a painter by trade, suffered severe burns, and his recently purchased dwelling house, located in Rochester, was badly burned. Following a trial, a jury returned a special verdict awarding damages to plaintiff upon specific findings as to the cause of the fire and as to defendant’s negligence in installing…