Strouss v. Philadelphia Gas Works Co.

Alessandroni, J.,

The minor plaintiff was severely burned on November 14, 1932, as the result of an explosion while she was lighting a gas heater for hot water. At that time she was 15 years of age. The evidence establishes that the gas heater in question had been in the house for some time and had not given the family any trouble until October 23,1932, when the odor of gas was noticed on the first floor. Betty Strouss and her mother, Anna Strouss, went to the cellar to ascertain the source of the escaping gas and discovered the gas seemed to center around the gas heater. The following morning…