Day & Zimmermann, Inc. v. Strickland

RAY, Justice.

This is an explosion case. Appellees Clifton S. Strickland and wife, Margaret Strickland (plaintiffs) brought suit against Phoenix Insurance Company under a homeowner’s insurance policy for claimed damages to appellees’ house resulting from an explosion on August 14, 1968. Phoenix Insurance Company (also an appellant) brought in Day & Zimmermann, Inc., (the principal appellant) as a third-party defendant, claiming that the damage, if any, to appellees’ house was the result of the negligence of Day & Zimmermann, Inc., in setting off excessive explosives at its plant.

The jury…