Winters v. Sears, Roebuck and Co.

STEWART, Judge.

Defendant, Sears, Roebuck & Co., appeals from a jury verdict in favor of Benson and Alta Winters and their insurer, Western Casualty & Surety Co., in an action based on strict liability in tort for damages to the Winters’ home caused by a fire involving a television set sold to Winters by Sears. Sears contends that the trial court erred in denying its motion for a judgment notwithstanding the verdict or alternatively for a new trial because the evidence in the case was insufficient to support a finding that the fire had been caused by a defect near the small end of the…