Legal Opinion
Stephenson v. Duriron Co.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided June 4, 1970No. 19580PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McALLISTER, Senior Circuit Judge.
On March 16, 1962, there occurred a disastrous explosion of natural gas in Anchorage, Alaska, resulting in injuries to plaintiffs and damages to their property. The gas had seeped through the earth and entered plaintiffs’ residence because of a fracture in a valve installed in a gas distributing system. The valve was defective. It should have been made of certain ductile iron, according to required specifications; it was made, instead, of cast iron.
The owner of the gas distributing system was the Anchorage Natural Gas Corporation, which had purchased the valve…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Patrol Valve Co. v. Robertshaw-Fulton Controls Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1954
- Stephenson v. Duriron CompanyDistrict Court, S.D. Ohio · 1968
- West v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1960
- Rittenberry v. LewisCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1964
3Cited by6 opinions
- Sharon Hageman, Admx. Of the Estate of Donald Hageman v. Signal L. P. Gas, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1973
- CGM Valve Co., Inc. v. Gulfstream Steel Corp.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1980
- Baggott v. Piper Aircraft Corp.District Court, S.D. Ohio · 1999
- Charles William Stephenson, Charles William Stephenson, as Father and Next Friend of Kathy Stephenson, A/K/A Donna C. Stephenson, Charles William Stephenson and Nancy Stephenson, Norman Bakke and Leota Bakke v. Duriron Company, Inc., Third-Party Aetna Insurance Company, Third-Party v. Kuhns Brothers Company and Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company, Third-PartyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1970
- Intervale Steel Corporation v. Borg and Beck Division Borg-Warner CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1985
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