Legal Opinion
Clements v. Ashland Oil, Inc.
Kentucky Supreme Court
Decided June 15, 1983PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
JAMES M. COLLIER, Special Justice.
The location of this tragic accident was the Ashland Oil bulk plant in Lexington. The relevant part of the Ashland facility was a loading dock. The dock included a roof under which tanker trucks could pull on either side of a platform for loading. Underneath the roof were drop tubes, each of which dispensed a different kind of petroleum product to waiting tankers. The flow of the liquid was controlled by a “meter” beside each tube.
About noon on October 10, 1973, three tankers were in the precincts of that loading dock. Each tanker consisted of a tractor and a…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Jones v. Hutchinson Manufacturing, Inc.Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1973
- Wallace v. NorrisCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1949