Scott v. Patterson

PALMORE, Judge. On the morning of June 9, 1962, a gas explosion occurred in the home of Mrs. Exia Campbell at Crab Orchard, Kentucky, fatally injuring Mrs. Campbell, her son-in-law, George Meissner, and Cordell Powers, a service man employed by the appellee Clara Patterson, d/b/a Central Kentucky Gas Company. Also injured were Margaret Meissner (Mrs. Campbell's daughter) and Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Martin, occupants of an apartment in the Campbell house. Suits brought by the Martins, Mrs. Meissner, and the personal representative of the estates of Exia Campbell and George Meissner against the gas company (Clara Patterson) and the estate of Cordell Powers were consolidated for trial and resulted in a unanimous verdict as follows: