Zolk v. Mobil Oil Corp.

MEMORANDUM

LOUIS H. POLLAK, District Judge.

Plaintiff, Michael Zolk, a driver employed by M&R Associates, Incorporated, (“M&R”), was injured when a brace on a trailer attached to the tractor he was driving snapped, swung around and hit him on his forearm. The trailer, manufactured by Strick Corporation (“Strick”), was owned by Mobil Oil Corporation (“Mobil”) and the accident occurred on Mobil’s property. Plaintiff was, at the time, hauling the trailer between Mobil’s Paulsboro, New Jersey, refinery and Mobil’s Brooklyn refinery pursuant to an arrangement between Commercial Transport,…