Stanley W. Jakubiec v. Cities Service Company, a Corporation, Defendant-Third Party v. Edward J. Meyers Company, a Corporation, Third Party

Stanley W. Jakubiec, plaintiff, is appealing the district court’s order granting summary judgment to defendant Cities Service Company (Cities) and Edward J. Meyers Company. 1 We reverse.

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The plaintiff’s claim, sounded in negligence, is based on an injury Jakubiec suffered on Cities’ premises in 1982. The accident occurred when Jakubiec, a truck driver for Edward J. Meyers Company, 2 slipped off a platform 3 when attempting to load his truck with fuel at Cities’ refinery. On this particular night, the platform was covered with ice and snow, the result of natural weather conditions. The…