Matthews v. Avalon Petroleum Co.

JUSTICE ROBERT E. GORDON

delivered the opinion of the court:

This is a slip and fall case. Plaintiff Harold Matthews, a truck driver, sued defendants to recover for injuries sustained when he tripped and fell over a piece of metal jutting up near a fuel pump. He sued defendant Avalon Petroleum Company (Avalon), the owner of the fuel pump, on a claim of premises liability; he sued defendant Petroleum Technologies Equipment, Inc. (PTE), which Avalon called to repair the pump, for failing to make timely repairs, and he sued defendant Allied Drywall Materials Management Corporation (Allied), whose…