Messer v. B & B Hot Oil Service, Inc.

VANDE WALLE, Chief Justice.

[¶ 1] Neal and Bonnie Messer appealed from a district court judgment and order granting defendants summary judgment and dismissing their claims under theories of strict products liability and negligence against JB’s Welding. We reverse and remand.

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[¶ 2] The Messers owned a building located in close proximity to a building owned by Steve Forster and Daniel Krebs. An explosion occurred in the Forster/Krebs building and subsequently damaged the Messers’ building. B & B Hot Oil Service, Inc. held a lease on the west half of the Forster/Krebs building. B & B stored two…