Legal Opinion
Crown Central Petroleum Corp. v. Coastal Transport Co.
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided January 11, 2001No. 14-99-00688-CVPublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
JOE L. DRAUGHN, Justice
(Assigned).
Crown Central Petroleum Corporation (“Crown Central”) appeals from an unfavorable judgment in an action for negligence and gross negligence arising from an explosion and fire at a bulk loading facility. We affirm the trial court’s judgment in part and reverse and remand in part.
Factual and PROCEDURAL Background
Crown Central owned a bulk loading facility in Pasadena, Texas, for the purpose of loading gasoline and other petroleum products into tank trailers. On September 28, 1993, a trailer owned by Coastal Transport Company, Inc. (“Coastal”) and…
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