Millstone Corporation v. Laurel Oil Co.

A tank- belonging to the defendant which had been used for the underground storage of gasoline exploded while being steamed out by an independent contractor in the plaintiff’s building, doing the damage to the property of the plaintiff of which it complains. The pleadings raise numerous issues but the decisive one may be stated as follows: Do the subordinate facts support the conclusion that the steaming process was inherently dangerous so as to make the defendant liable for the contractor’s negligence? The facts found, necessary to determine this issue, with such correction as the defendant…