Hanlon v. Lane

Reece, Presiding Judge.

Appellant, Dee Hanlon, as administrator of the estate of Donna Gaskins, appeals from the trial court’s entry of summary judgment in favor of appellee, East Ohio Gas Company (“East Ohio”), on the estate’s wrongful death claim for the negligent failure to warn of the danger of carbon monoxide poisoning from the use of natural gas. We affirm.

Anna Lane owns a house in Akron, Ohio. Anna’s son, John Lane, lived in the house with Anna. On February 5, 1990, Donna Gaskins, John’s friend, spent the night at the Lane house. Sometime during that overnight stay, John and Donna died…