Jefferson v. Sinclair Refining Co.

Plaintiff, an employee of Lipsett, Incorporated (herein called Lipsett), has brought this negligence action against Sinclair Refining Company (herein called Sinclair) to recover damages for personal injuries, which allegedly arose out of an explosion at Sinclair’s East Chicago, Indiana, oil refinery on February 17, 1959. Sinclair thereupon served a third-party complaint upon Lipsett as well as upon Employers Mutual Liability Insurance Company of Wisconsin (herein called Insurance Co.). That complaint alleged three causes of action: (1) against Lipsett under a written indemnity agreement; (2)…