O'Loughlin v. Como Oil Co.

WALDEN, Judge.

This is an appeal in a negligence action from a directed verdict entered in favor of the defendants and against the plaintiff, Celestine O’Loughlin, on the issue of punitive damages. We reverse.

Plaintiff was working on the premises of a marina when Como Oil Company’s gasoline truck, operated by Como’s driver, Vincent Spiteri, came to deliver gasoline into the marina’s underground tanks. During the course of filling the tanks by Spiteri there was a spillage or .overflow of gasoline which exploded and caught fire. As a consequence plaintiff was propelled into the waterway and…