State Stove Manufacturing Company v. Hodges

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that contractors that installed a water heater as part of their construction of a residence were subject to strict liability because they also operated the hardware store that sold the water heater to the homeowners
• explaining that damages to the owner’s wearing apparel or household goods destroyed in a home explosion may include “an estimate of replacement costs” along with other factors
• more practical for plumber to install safety appliance on water heater than for manufacturer held not liable
• more practical for plumber to install safety appliance on water heater than for manufacturer held not liable

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).