Cadrin v. Trans Spec Truck Service, Inc.

Agnes, A.J.

1.Introduction

This is a tort action in which the decedent, David Cadrin (hereafter, “Plaintiff’), died after suffering severe burns in an explosion that occurred at 22 Eskow Road in Worcester on December 19, 2001 on top of a fuel delivery truck where he was welding. The defendant, Trans Spec Truck Service, Inc. (hereafter, “Trans Spec”), is the owner of the fuel delivery truck on which the decedent was working at the time of the explosion. The plaintiff alleges that the Trans Spec was negligent in failing to warn the plaintiff of the presence of dangerous gasses inside the fuel…