Weyerhaeuser Co. v. Thermogas Co.

LAVORATO, Chief Justice.

A jury found against Weyerhaeuser Company in its action against Thermogas Company for damages to Weyerhaeuser’s facility stemming from a liquid propane tank explosion. Weyerhaeuser appeals following the district court’s denial of its motion for a new trial, raising three principal issues: (1) whether the district court erred in directing a verdict for Thermogas on Weyerhaeuser’s claims for strict liability and breach of implied warranty of merchantability, (2) whether the district court erred in refusing to give an instruction that Weyerhaeuser’s fault in starting the…