Goehring v. Target

MEMORANDUM**

The district court granted summary-judgment to defendants below, on plaintiffs’ claim that inadequate warnings about odor-fade on propane gas caused injuries to the Goehring family when plaintiff Sam Goehring lit a cigarette in the Goehrings’ tent. Propane gas which no longer had a detectable odor had leaked from a heater inside the tent during the night. When Sam lit a cigarette the next morning a flash-fire ignited. The district court held that Sam Goehring’s failure to read and heed the warnings given was the proximate cause of the plaintiffs’ injuries. The district court held…