Blitz has been the dominant producer of plastic gas cans in the United States and claimed 75 percent of the market. “Other manufacturers face similar uncertainty — putting the industry's ...

DesHommes said after customers complained about gas can spout leaking, Wal-Mart asked Blitz to change the spout. The company did so. In a deposition in 2006, then-CEO and owner of Blitz USA ...

Most of the lawsuits have named as defendants Blitz USA, until recently the largest manufacturer of plastic gas cans, and Wal-Mart, the largest seller. Robert Jacoby, now 27, sued after a Blitz ...

Gas cans currently have general safety warnings ... Walker has filed a federal lawsuit against Blitz USA, the manufacturer of the can Funchess used that blew up. It claims the "lack of a flame ...

The maker of the majority of the world's red gas cans, like the one seen to the left, went out of business on Tuesday after multiple lawsuits. Blitz USA Imagine you've worked at the same job for ...

One hundred and seventeen Oklahomans went home tonight and had to tell their families they lost their jobs today. Why? Because stupid customers couldn't follow the instructions on the product they ...

Blitz USA filed bankruptcy ... lawsuits a small mesh screen called a flame arrestor could have prevented the gas can explosion. "My kids are wonderful, they help me everyday," Funchess said.

TORONTO (Oct. 11, 3:15 p.m. ET) — A rival plans to revitalize the operations of defunct plastic fuel can molder Blitz USA Inc., which ... needs to realize that gasoline must be handled in ...

The latest victims are the people who make those red plastic gasoline cans. Until recently, Blitz USA—the nation's No. 1 consumer gasoline-can producer, based in Miami, Oklahoma—was doing fine.

The leading maker of gas cans in the US, Blitz USA based out of Miami, Oklahoma went under on Tuesday. Not because of slow sales, but because people who ignored the warning labels on the gas cans ...