Legal Opinion
Herman v. Hess Oil Virgin Island Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided September 23, 1975No. D.C. Civil Action No. 222-1972; D.C. Civil Action No. 223-1972; D.C. Civil Action No. 224-1972; D.C. Civil Action No. 510-1972; D.C. Civil Action No. 512-1972; D.C. Civil Action No. 513-1972; D.C. Civil Action No. 598-1972; Nos. 74-2012-74-2015, 74-2233PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
opinion of the court
HUNTER, Circuit Judge
This is an appeal from a judgment entered after a jury verdict. Plaintiffs below, six employees of contractors engaged by Hess Oil Virgin Islands Corp. (“Hess”), were severely burned when a large partially-filled oil storage tank owned by Hess exploded. The explosion occurred while workers from appellant Chicago Bridge & Iron Company, Ltd. (“CB & I”) were welding into place some horizontal foam piping, a safety system which, when installed, was designed to transmit into the storage tanks a *244fire extinguishing chemical foam. Plaintiffs sued both Hess and…
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