Sullivan v. City of Butte

This is an appeal from a judgment entered on the verdict of a jury awarding plaintiff damages for personal injuries suffered by him from being burned with ignited gasoline alleged to have been negligently thrown upon him by an employee of the defendant City of Butte.

On August 4, 1942, the defendant City of Butte was engaged in repairing Alaska street in such city. Edward Hannifin was one of a number of men employed by-the city in performing such repair work. Hannifin was assigned the job of heating a metal hose used to spray liquid asphalt on the street and in this connection he was using a…