Legal Opinion

BP Exploration & Oil Co. v. Maintenance Services, Inc.

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided December 18, 2002No. Nos. 01-3137, 01-3194 and 01-4291PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

RYAN, Circuit Judge.

We have combined for decision, in a single opinion, two appeals that come to us from the district court involving the same parties.

In the first appeal, the district court entered judgment for the plaintiff, BP Exploration & Oil Company, in the amount of $603,695.54 on a jury verdict finding the defendant, Maintenance Services, Inc. (MSI), sixty percent liable and the plaintiff forty percent liable for causing a leak in a fuel storage tank owned by BP. MSI appeals from an order denying its motion to reduce BP’s damages award by $50,000 that BP received in settling…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Bob G. Wilkins v. Baptist Healthcare System, Inc. Life Insurance Company of North AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1998
  2. Posin v. A. B. C. Motor Court Hotel, Inc.Ohio Supreme Court · 1976
  3. Rosalyn Caffey v. Unum Life Insurance Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2002
  4. Ostrowski v. AzzaraSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1988
  5. Bogosian v. WoloohojianCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1998

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Bp Exploration & Oil Company, Plaintiff-Appellee/cross-Appellant v. Maintenance Services, Inc., Defendant-Appellant/cross-Appellee, Dja Inspection Services, Inc., Bp Exploration & Oil Company v. Maintenance Services, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2002

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