Michigan Mutual Insurance v. Heatilator Fireplace, Division of Vega Industries, Inc.

Plaintiff appeals from two separate orders granting the defendants’ motions for summary judgment pursuant to GCR 1963, 117.2(3).

This is a products liability case. The plaintiff’s subrogors, Duane and Mary Geiger, had installed in their home a prefabricated sheet metal fireplace manufactured by defendant Heatilator Fireplace, Division of Vega Industries, Inc. Subsequently, the Geigers incorporated into the fireplace glass doors manufactured by defendant Hart Fireplace Furnaces. On December 3, 1979, within a month of the installation of the doors, the Geigers’ home caught fire. According to the…