Walter Scott Collins v. Clayton & Lambert Manufacturing Company

DARR, Senior District Judge.

On May 29, 1956, the appellee, Walter Scott Collins, a master plumber, purchased a plumber’s furnace from the American Supply Company of Gary, Indiana, who in turn had purchased it from the appellant, Clayton & Lambert Manufacturing Company, the designer and manufacturer of the furnace. On May 31, 1956, Mr. Collins was using the furnace on a job in Gary, Indiana when it exploded causing him severe and permanent injuries. He instituted suit in the District Court at Louisville, Kentucky on April 25, 1958, based upon the claim of negligence in the design and…