Sunshine Realty Corp. v. Killian

FLANIGAN, Judge.

On February 18, 1981, Union L.P. Gas Systems, Inc., (“Union Gas”), converted the engine of a pickup truck owned by James Wade so that the driver could use either propane gas or gasoline as its fuel. On February 28,1981, Wade drove the truck to a car wash in Springfield. The car wash was owned and operated by a partnership consisting of Robert Killian and Joseph Kil-lian, d/b/a Queen City Car Wash (“Car Wash”). An explosion occurred when a hose connected to the propane tank on the truck became entangled in an overhead brush inside the car wash. The explosion caused extensive…