BIXLER BY BIXLER v. Avondale Mills

OPINION

PARKER, Judge.

Appellant Duane Bixler was severely burned in 1969 when his homemade cotton flannelette night shirt ignited, and he received settlements from the retailer and from one textile mill that may have manufactured the fabric. This appeal is from the trial court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of four other textile mills named as possible manufacturers of the fabric. We. affirm.

FACTS

The complete procedural history of this case is set forth in Bixler by Bixler v. J. C. Penney Co., Inc., 376 N.W.2d 209 (Minn.1985). To summarize, Duane Bixler, then five years old, was severely…