Hulke v. International Manufacturing Co.

This action was brought to recover damages for severe personal injuries received by plaintiffs, Delbert Hulke, and for minor personal injuries received by his son, Stuart Hulke, as a result of an explosion of liquid petroleum gas manufactured by defendant Skelly Oil Company under the trade name of “Skelgas.”

The defendants were: International Manufacturing Company (dismissed before trial), Foundation Equipment Corporation of Illinois, Skelly Oil Company, and five individual defendants, constituting a partnership, doing business as “Bunge’s” (for convenience sometimes referred to hereafter as a…