Legal Opinion
Bitler v. A.O. Smith Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided December 6, 2004No. 02-1527PublishedCited by 90 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LUCERO, Circuit Judge.
Danger lurked in Fred and Peggy Bifc-ler’s basement, liability for which is the occasion for the present appeal. Mr. Bit-ler was severely burned when a gas explosion occurred in the basement of his home. On filing a products liability suit against, inter alia, White-Rodgers as manufacturer of the gas control installed in his basement water heater, a jury returned a verdict finding negligence and product defect and awarded damages to the Bitlers. White-Rodgers’ motions for JNOV and a new trial having been denied by the district court, the present appeal followed. In…
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