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FORD v. EMERSON ELEC. CO.

No. C2-88-1118.

430 N.W.2d 198 (1988)

Virginia FORD, personally and as Trustee for the next of kin of Richard Dale Ford, et al., decedents, Appellant, v. EMERSON ELECTRIC COMPANY, State Industries, Inc., Rego Company, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

Review Denied December 16, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard M. Erdall, William B. Korstad, Korstad & Lund, Ltd., Minneapolis, for Virginia Ford.

Brian N. Johnson, Popham, Haik, Schnobrich & Kaufman, Ltd., Minneapolis, for Emerson Elec. Co.

Paul A. Joyce, Jr., St. Paul, for State Industries Inc.

Teresa Schultz Warner, Jardine, Logan & O'Brien, St. Paul, for Rego Co.

Heard, considered, and decided by WOZNIAK, C.J., and LANSING and KALITOWSKI, JJ.

OPINION

WOZNIAK, Chief Judge.

Appellant Virginia Ford brought a wrongful death action against respondents Emerson Electric Company, State Industries, and Rego Company to recover damages for the deaths of her husband and two children. These family members died in a fire which originated at the water heater in the Ford home. The water heater and its components were manufactured by the respondents. The trial court granted summary judgment to respondents because...

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