Flinn v. Sun Oil Co.

This is a products liability case in which a circuit court jury returned a verdict of no cause of action in favor of defendants. The plaintiff appeals by right, GCR 1963, 806.1.

Plaintiff’s deceased was a supervisor for Chase Company when he was killed by an explosion of propane gas. This gas was supplied by defendant Roland’s Gas and Oil and manufactured by defendant Sun Oil. At the time of the accident, the deceased was working on the construction of a water tower. Pursuant to this project, a large concrete vault was built as a storage tank. After this vault was poured with concrete, the…