Krueger Ex Rel. Lee v. Tappan Co.

This products liability case arises out of a fire in August 1976 in which the plaintiff-appellant, then seven years old, was severely burned. Gasoline used to clean a kitchen floor was ignited, according to plaintiff, by a 1970 model Tappan gas range, which is claimed to have been defective. The trial court dismissed the complaint following a verdict finding that the range was not defective.

The theory of plaintiff’s case is strict liability in tort. The issues are whether the evidence supports the verdict that the range was not defective and unreasonably dangerous; whether the court properly…