Rule v. Empire Gas Corp.

OPINION

BROCK, Justice.

This is an action for personal injuries in which we granted certiorari to review the judgment of the Court of Appeals reversing judgments obtained by the plaintiffs in the trial court.

The plaintiffs, Hugh Rule and his wife, Betty Rule, engaged the services of the defendant corporations to supply liquified petroleum gas (LP gas) for use at their residence. The Rules heated a swimming pool at their residence by means of a gas heater located in a small “pool house.” In August, 1974, co-defendants, Shelby H. Mounger and Ben Price, as agents and employees of the defendant…