Legal Opinion
Mobil Oil Corp. v. Patrick
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided November 9, 1983No. 82-2195PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
ANSTEAD, Chief Judge.
This is a timely appeal by Mobil of an award of punitive damages to Michael Patrick. Patrick was awarded $1,000.00 in compensatory damages and $50,000.00 in punitive damages as a result of an incident in which gasoline was spilled on him at Mobil’s loading facility. We reverse.
Mobil operates a gasoline truck loading facility in Port Everglades. In late August of 1978 a new truck loading mechanism was installed at the facility. The automated facilities were apparently installed in anticipation of the enactment of stricter government safety regulations. The new mechanism…
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