Stannard v. Shell Eastern Petroleum Products, Inc.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Perskie, J.

This is defendants’ appeal from judgments based on jury verdicts in favor of the plaintiff. These judgments cannot be sustained for reasons which become apparent upon a recurrence to the rather involved factual situation here presented.

Suit was instituted by the plaintiff against the Edgewood Service Corporation (hereinafter called Edgewood) and the Shell Eastern Petroleum Products, Incorporated (hereinafter called Shell), jointly and severally. It is important to mark the fact that the complaint relates to three separate items only: (1) an…