Kasey v. Suburban Gas Heat of Kennewick, Inc.

This is a propane gas explosion case. The explosion wrecked the frame building which housed the glass manufacturing plant of Edward A. Kasey and Howard L. Brightman, doing business as Northwest Laboratories & Glass Supplies and hereinafter referred to as “Northwest.”

The propane gas was furnished by Suburban Gas Heat of Kennewick, Inc., hereinafter referred to as “Suburban.”

Northwest sued Suburban, and the case was submitted to the jury on two theories: (1) negligence in delivering liquefied petroleum gas (propane) containing excessive water which caused malfunctioning of the controls in…