State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. Structo Division, King Seeley Thermos Co.

ON CIVIL PETITION TO TRANSFER

DICKSON, Justice.

In this product liability action, the trial court granted the motion for judgment on the evidence filed by defendant Structo Division, King Seeley Thermos Company, at the close of evidence by plaintiff State Farm Fire and Casualty Company, on the ground that the product liability statute did not apply to bystanders on the date of the incident. The Court of Appeals for the First District affirmed. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. Structo Div. (1988), Ind.App., 530 N.E.2d 116. In order to resolve the resulting conflict with Masterman v. Veldman's…