Gowen Oil Co. v. Streat

ANDREWS, Presiding Judge.

Gowen Oil Company sued Jerry F. Streat claiming that, while Streat was working as a fuel pump calibration inspector for the Georgia Department of Agriculture (GDOA), Streat engaged in a conspiracy with fuel stations by accepting payments to inform the stations of the random dates on which GDOA planned to inspect their fuel pumps. Gowen alleged that this allowed the stations to improperly calibrate fuel pumps to dispense less fuel than was paid for by consumers and avoid detection during the GDOA inspections. Gowen sold fuel to the stations and claimed that, as a…