Stokes v. National Presto Industries, Inc.

PAUL M. SPINDEN, Presiding Judge.

Joel Stokes was severely burned when, as a 13-month-old toddler, he pulled over a deep fryer and dumped hot oil on himself. Stokes’ parents, acting on their son’s behalf, sued the deep fryer’s manufacturer, National Presto Industries, Inc., and the boy’s grandmother, who was cooking with the deep fryer when the mishap occurred. Stokes appeals the jury’s verdict for National Presto. The jury returned a verdict for Stokes against the grandmother, but Stokes dismissed that action.

Stokes asserts that the circuit court erred in excluding evidence concerning…