Legal Opinion
National Tea Co. v. Tyler Refrigeration Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided October 21, 1983No. CX-82-1189PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TODD, Justice.
A fire occurred in a Tyler meat refrigeration unit installed in the National Tea Co. store in Hutchinson, Minnesota. The store’s expert witness opined that the fire was the result of faulty design in passing electrical wires through an unprotected square hole in the sheet metal. Tyler’s expert claimed the fire was caused by failure of a heating wire which had been improperly circuited at the time of installation. The trial court over objection admitted a document kept by Tyler showing the design of the unit had been approved for Underwriters’ Laboratories (UL) listing. The jury…
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