Steckler v. Miller & Holmes, Inc.

ERICKSTAD, Chief Justice.

The appellant, Northern Tank Line, Inc., (NTL) appeals from the judgment entered by the District Court of Stark County which determined that NTL was 75% responsible for damages resulting from a fire which occurred when one of its drivers was filling the co-defendant/appellee’s, Miller & Holmes, Inc., gasoline storage tank. We affirm the judgment.

This controversy was submitted to the trial court upon stipulated facts. The parties also agreed that the court could view the scene of the fire. The following facts are taken from the facts which were stipulated to the court.

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