Sawash v. Suburban Welders Supply Co.

This is the plaintiffs’ appeal from the allowance of the defendants’ motions for summary judgment and the entry of judgment dismissing the plaintiffs’ complaint. We granted the parties’ joint application for direct appellate review. We reverse the judgment and remand to the Superior Court.

The plaintiffs were severely burned as the result of an explosion and fire inside a tent in which they had been sleeping. The explosion and fire occurred when the plaintiffs awoke and turned off a catalytic heater that had been heating their tent and was fueled by propane gas, also known as liquefied…