Legal Opinion
Yecny v. Eclipse Fuel Engineering Co.
California Court of Appeal
Decided November 27, 1962No. Civ. 19276PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRAY, P. J.—
Plaintiffs in consolidated actions against defendant appeal from judgments in defendant’s favor.
Questions Presented(1) Alleged error in refusing and giving certain instructions, and (2) in admitting evidence of a certain experiment.
Record
The actions arose out of an explosion and fire at the Owens-Corning Fiberglas plant in Santa Clara, where all of the plaintiffs are employed. Defendant Eclipse is a manufacturer who supplied to Owens-Corning a device, known as a McKee vaporizer, used in the manufacture of insulation products at the Owens-Corning plant.
There were 38 witnesses who…
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