Legal Opinion
Sharon Hageman, Admx. Of the Estate of Donald Hageman v. Signal L. P. Gas, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided October 31, 1973No. 73-1110PublishedCited by 188 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CELEBREZZE, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff-appellee was awarded damages by a jury in the amount of $532,832.02 for the death of her husband, Donald Hageman. The decedent suffered severe burns on June 20, 1967 as a result of an explosion of liquified petroleum gas which had passed unburned through a defective hot water heater. He died five and one-half hours later. At the time of his death he was 26 years old and the father of four children; he was an auto mechanic and operated his own trash route. Appellant Signal was the supplier of the gas to the Hagemans. The original complaint alleged damages…
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