Spencer v. Nelson Sales Co., Inc.
Court of Civil Appeals of Oklahoma
1Opinion of the Court
BRIGHTMIRE, Presiding Judge.
The 52-year-old-plaintiff, Melvin Spencer, who first attended welding school in 1942, was doing some arc welding in his garage on a cold day in January 1973. He had on a suit of long quilted insulated underwear- under his cotton overalls. A hot spark evidently penetrated his coveralls and lodged in his underwear. Suddenly the undergarment ignited and fire spread rapidly downward severely burning plaintiff’s right leg.
In June 1974 The World War II Air Force veteran brought suit against the retailer of the underwear-Gibson Products Company of Oklahoma City. In…
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