Chemical Express Carriers, Inc. v. French

OPINION

KENNEDY, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment following a bench trial in three consolidated suits arising out of an airport fuel contamination incident. The parties are H. Wayne French and French & Bowen, Inc., d/b/a Young’s Flying Service (collectively Young’s), the operator of the facility where the contamination occurred; Joel Pearson (Pearson), the owner of an aircraft which was flown with contaminated fuel; Hydrocarbon Trading & Transport, Inc. (Hydrocarbon), the fuel supplier; and Chemical Express Carriers, Inc. (Chemical Express), the common carrier which delivered the…