Legal Opinion
Leo Parsons v. Amerada Hess Corporation v. B & M Service Company, Inc., Third Party
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided February 27, 1970No. 142-69_1PublishedCited by 63 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*611MURRAH, Chief Judge.
This appeal from a summary judgment involves the tort liability of Amerada Petroleum Corporation to an employee of its independent contractor, B & M Service Company. And it also involves the contract liability of B & M to Amerada for losses incurred in the successful defense of the employee’s wrongful death action. The primary appeal is from a judgment of nonliability of Amerada on the tort claim. The cross-appeal is from that part of the judgment in which the trial court refused, as unnecessary, to adjudge the liability of B & M to Amerada under their conventional…
2Cases cited28 opinions
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