Bombardi v. Pochel's Appliance & TV Co.

This is an appeal from a judgment entered in favor of plaintiff, Mrs. Bombardi, for damages to her rental property, and in favor of plaintiffs Messina for personal injuries and property loss, all of which were sustained as a result of a fire occurring in a duplex owned by Mrs. Bombardi and being occupied by her niece, Julia Messina and her husband, Tony Messina.

It was the contention of plaintiffs at trial that the cause of the fire and of the consequent damage to plaintiffs was a defect in a television set manufactured by defendant Admiral Corporation and sold to plaintiff, Mrs. Bombardi, as…