Southeastern Steel & Tank Maintenance Co. v. Luttrell

These suits were brought by Henry Luttrell, Jr., Mike P. Lawson and William Housely, seeking to recover for personal injuries received on January 7, 1959 when an air compressor belonging to the defendant corporation exploded while it was being welded by plaintiff Luttrell. In their declarations, plaintiffs aver that the explosion occurred within the crankcase of the compressor engine and was due to the negligence of defendant in failing to drain the crankcase of the compressor before delivering it to plaintiff Luttrell; in failing to remove the covering of the crankcase and thus eliminate…