Sowders v. M.W. Kellogg Co.

OPINION

DUGGAN, Justice.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment in favor of the defendants in a personal injury suit arising from an explosion at an ARCO refinery in Pasadena. The plaintiffs, together with an intervening insurance carrier asserting its subrogation rights, charged the defendant with negligence and strict liability in tort in the design and construction of a lubricating oil solvent treating plant at the refinery.

The sole contention asserted in the defendant’s motion for summary judgment was that the actions were barred by time limitation because more than ten years had elapsed…