Rodriguez v. Houston Corp.

CARROLL, Judge.

This is a wrongful death action brought by the husband and children of a woman *747whose death by asphyxiation was caused by carbon monoxide gas. The family lived in an apartment house, where they were lessees of a small “efficiency” apartment. Their apartment, as were some of the others, was equipped with a gas operated refrigerator. The burner on the appliance malfunctioned when something impinged on the flame or the outlet for the flame, resulting in the carbon monoxide which caused the death of Mrs. Rodriguez.

Action was filed against The Houston Corporation which supplied the…