MATTER OF DIEHL v. AM. OIL CO.


48 A.D.2d 716 (1975)

In the Matter of Edward C. Diehl, Respondent, v. American Oil Company, Appellant. Workmen's Compensation Board, Respondent

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Third Department.

May 1, 1975


While he was driving a tractor-trailer on the Long Island Expressway, claimant, a fuel oil truck driver, ran out of gas. A mechanic from claimant's plant was sent in a pickup truck with gasoline to assist him. When the mechanic started to pour gas into the tractor, there was an explosion and flames covered the front of claimant's truck. Claimant jumped out and with his jacket extinguished the flames in the tractor, the pickup truck...

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