Signal Oil & Gas Co. v. Universal Oil Products

JOHNSON, Justice.

Signal Oil & Gas Company (hereinafter referred to as Signal)1 sued Universal Oil Products (UOP), Procon, Inc. (Procon), and Alcorn Combustion Company (Alcorn) for property damage and economic loss resulting from an explosion and fire at Signal’s Houston refinery. Signal sued UOP, Pro-con, and Alcorn in strict liability and negligence for defects in the manufacture, design, and/or installation of an isomax reactor charge heater. Signal further sued UOP and Procon for breach of the implied warranty arising from the isomax unit’s design, construction, and installation which…