Natural Gas Odorizing, Inc. v. Downs

OPINION

NAJAM, Judge.

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

By amended complaint, Kristy S. Downs, individually, as the personal representative of the Estate of Ivan Dean Downs and as the guardian of Susan and Matthew Downs (“Downs”), joined Natural Gas Odorizing, Inc. (“NGO”) as a defendant in a previously initiated lawsuit. 1 Downs alleged that NGO was strictly liable under the Indiana Product Liability Act for the death of Ivan Dean Downs (“Dean”), and for the injuries that Kristy Downs and her children, Susan and Matthew, had sustained in a natural gas explosion. Downs maintained that the odorant supplied…