Legal Opinion
McDonnell v. Montgomery Ward & Company
Supreme Court of Vermont
Decided September 1, 1959No. 1090PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Holden, Jo
The plaintiff was burned by a burst of exploding fuel gas while she was attempting to light the oven of a cooking range. The plaintiff’s husband, Kenneth McDonnell, had purchased the appliance, referred to as a Ward’s Gas Range, from the defendant a short time before his marriage to the plaintiff. The stove was delivered to the McDonnell home on August 2, 1956.
The plaintiff’s husband engaged the Rutland County Gas Company to install the stove and supply it with fuel. On August 6, 1956, William Fredette, a service representative of the Rutland County Gas Company, installed the stove…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Sweeney v. ErvingSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Jesionowski v. Boston & Maine RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Carter v. Yardley & Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1946
- Conley v. United Drug Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1914
- Woschenko v. C. Schmidt & Sons, Inc.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1949
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Bonnie Lee Jamieson Deveny, B.N.F. Frank Jamieson, and Frank Jamieson v. Rheem Manufacturing Company, Robertshaw Fulton Controls CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1963
- Fuller v. City of RutlandSupreme Court of Vermont · 1961
- Rivers v. StateSupreme Court of Vermont · 1974
- Northern Oil Company, Inc. v. Socony Mobil Oil Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1965
- Delta Oxygen Co. v. ScottSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1964
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