Beverly J. Youngstrom, Individually and as Administratrix of the Estate of Danny Cox, Deceased v. Kenneth D. Dunn

The suit is one for damages from the destruction of appellant’s home by fire and the death in connection therewith of her minor son. The fire originated in or near its gas furnace. The house had been completed about two months before. The financing of its construction was by a Farmers Home Administration loan.

Liability on the basis of negligence was asserted jointly and severally against the general contractor, the maker of the prefabricated sections of the structure, the gas-furnace manufacturer, the installer of the furnace, the public utility gas-supplier, the Farmers Home Administration,…