Jones v. Tronex Chemical Corp.

Defendant City of Detroit (Detroit) appeals from two circuit court orders of summary judgment entered against it. The orders relieved codefendant Carriers Insurance Company (Carriers) of liability to plaintiffs and entered judgment in plaintiffs’ favor against Detroit.

On December 4, 1979, a tanker trailer connected to a truck owned by Michigan Transportation Company, Carriers’ insured, was in the parking lot of Tronex Chemical Company in Detroit. Tronex is in the business of compounding liquid detergents. The truck which Carriers insured had brought 4,000 gallons of sodium hydroxide. A hose…