Court Opinion

ID: 9720503
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 08:33:19.938774+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:24:18.859520
License: Public Domain

WOLLMAN, Chief Justice
(concurring in part, dissenting in part).
I would affirm the judgment in its entirety.
The installation and operating instructions furnished with the wall furnace by Coleman clearly directed the installer to familiarize himself with local codes before installing the furnace and to follow carefully the instructions of the wall vent manufacturer. Coleman did not provide the venting system. Had Coleman’s admonitions been followed, the accident would not have occurred.
I would hold that Coleman had adequately warned of the necessity of proper venting and that therefore the issue of its liability should not have been submitted to the jury on either theory.