Eagle-Picher Lead Co. v. Kirby

Opinion by

LYONS, C.

Kirby sued the plaintiffs in error to recover damages in the sum of $25,000 for personal injuries sustained by him while breaking a tee on a gas line. It is alleged that Kirby’s injuries were primarily caused by the bursting of the line which hurled large pieces of iron against his leg below the knee, breaking it in several places, and that the bursting of the line was due to the negligence of the plaintiffs in error in failing to turn off the gas and gas pressure in the line, and in suffering and permitting Kirby to strike the tee while gas was being transported in the…