Lindroth v. Walgreen Co.

An action brought on behalf of Bruce Lindroth, aged fourteen months at the time of the accident, against Knapp-Monarch Company, the manufacturer, and Walgreen Company, the seller, of a certain vaporizer. At the close of plaintiff’s evidence the trial judge directed a verdict for both defendants and plaintiff appeals from a judgment entered upon the verdict.

Plaintiff’s complaint alleges, in substance, that defendant, Knapp-Monarch Co., negligently manufactured and sold, with knowledge that it would ultimately be offered for safe to the general public, a “Kwikway” vaporizer which was defective…