Legal Opinion
Consumers Power Co. v. Nash
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided December 8, 1947No. 10447, 10448PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIMONS, Circuit Judge.
The appeal record tells the tragic story of a gas explosion in and about the home of George Nash, near Flint, Michigan, on Jan. 19, 1946. The house and its contents were completely destroyed by fire and all persons in it were severely burned,— some fatally. Mrs. Nash, her daughter Annette, and Mrs. McDermitt, a visiting neighbor, died as the result of burns and injuries received. George Nash, aged three, and Clarence Colter, received burns necessitating numerous skin grafts; Georgette Nash was less seriously burned, and Mr. McDermitt was burned in attempting his wife’s…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Burghardt v. Detroit United RailwayMichigan Supreme Court · 1919
- Johnson v. Kosmos Portland Cement Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1933
- Foote v. HuelsterMichigan Supreme Court · 1935
- Teipel v. HilsendegenMichigan Supreme Court · 1880
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Bucher v. KrauseCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1953
- Wetherbee v. Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1951
- Mast v. Illinois Cent. R. Co.District Court, N.D. Iowa · 1948
- Clifford Padgett v. Southern Railway CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1968
- Heacock v. TownAlaska Supreme Court · 1966
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