Rodgers v. Sun Oil Co.

Opinion by

Hirt, J.,

In mid-afternoon of March 26, 1956 plaintiff drove his automobile to the defendant’s service station at Allegheny and Hunting Park Avenue in. Philadelphia. The attendant in charge, one Beneker, at plaintiff’s request, tightened the emergency brake and adjusted it for normal functioning; he also refueled the car and lubricated the differential. This done, plaintiff asked Beneker to run Bardahl through the engine. Bardahl is the trade name of a chemical compound, with a light oil base, which is used to free sticky valves and to burn out carbon in an automobile engine. Sun Oil…