Heckel v. American Coupling Corp.

This is a products liability case. Defendant manufactured and sold a hose and coupling to plaintiff’s employer for use in the transmission of gaseous oxygen. While plaintiff was delivering a truck-load of gaseous oxygen to one of his employer’s customers, the hose and coupling, through which the gas was being transmitted from the truck into the customer’s receiving tank, exploded, causing plaintiff great physical injury.

In this action, brought to recover his resultant damages, plaintiff alleged in Count 1 of his complaint filed herein that defendant was liable on the ground of breach of an…