Meurer v. ITT General Controls

Robert W. Meurer, vice-president and partner in the bakery and realty companies, and Ronald Couturier, supervisor of the plain tiffs’ carry-out business, had installed the new Annets-berger deep fryer several days before the fire. They had installed such equipment before and did not look for any installation or operating instructions.

The fryer was installed adjacent to two broasters in a tiled cooking area which was covered by an exhaust hood with a fan which had been in use about a year. The fryer was filled with shortening and Meurer and Couturier both agreed that the fryer worked fine when…