Slade, Inc. v. Scurlock Oil Company, Highlands Insurance Company And/or John Doe Insurance Company

This is an appeal from an adverse ruling and judgment entered against Slade, Inc. The original suit was one for indemnity, filed by Slade, Inc., against Scurlock Oil Company and Highlands Insurance Company, for full or partial reimbursement of sums which it paid in maintenance and cure and in settlement of bodily injury claims to two of its employees who were burned in a flash fire aboard its vessel while loading petroleum condensate at docks owned by Scurlock Oil Company.

The basis of plaintiff’s suit against Scurlock was that the flash fire was caused by or due to certain alleged acts and…