Legal Opinion
Stanley v. Turtle Mountain Gas & Oil, Inc.
North Dakota Supreme Court
Decided August 14, 1997No. Civil 970047-970050PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SANDSTROM, Justice.
[¶ 1] Volunteer firefighters were seriously injured while fighting a fire at an oilfield tank battery. The firefighters and family members (firefighters) sued the owner-operator of the tank battery, and also sued former owner-operators. They settled their suits against the owner-operator. We are asked to decide if the firefighters may continue their negligence lawsuits against the former owner-operators who neither concealed nor failed to disclose any unreasonably dangerous conditions. We conclude they may not, and affirm the summary judgments of dismissal.
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[¶2] The…
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