Judge John Cleland has ruled in a summary judgment in favor of the
manufacturer of the sensor that led to the 2001 fatal explosion at Temple
Inland Particleboard plant.
Cleland ruled in favor of GreCon, stating he believes it is wear and tear,
not a manufacturer's defect that caused the part to give out, and start a
fire that killed three, and injured several others.
The part in questions was a spark detector, that if working properly, would
have detected the ember that started the fire, and set off an alarm, and an
automatic sprinkler system before the fire got out of hand.