Legal Opinion
Charter Oil Company v. American Employers' Insurance Company
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided November 14, 1995No. 94-7175PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge WILLIAMS.
STEPHEN F. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:
In the early 1970s Independent Petrochemical Corporation (“IPC”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of plaintiff Charter Oil, was in the business of selling petrochemical products. As a courtesy to a customer, it arranged on several occasions for the disposal of waste oil by a St. Louis waste oil hauler, Bliss Oil, understanding that Bliss would take the oil to a waste disposal site. In fact, after Bliss Oil’s president tasted the oil to check its suitability for other uses and found the flavor fit, Bliss sprayed…
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- Queen City Farms, Inc. v. Central Nat'l Ins. Co. of OmahaWashington Supreme Court · 1995
- William G. McBride v. Merrell Dow and Pharmaceuticals, Inc., an Ohio CorporationCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1986
- Krombach v. Mayflower Ins. Co., Ltd.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1992
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3Cited by49 opinions
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