TRAUTMAN v. STANDARD OIL CO. OF IND., ETC.

No. 47486.

263 N.W.2d 809 (1978)

Theobald TRAUTMAN, Appellant, v. STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF INDIANA, AMERICAN OIL DIVISION, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

February 24, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Smith, Carpenter, Petterson & Bailey and John P. Bailey, Bemidji, for appellant.

Rufer, Hefte, Pemberton, Schulze, Sorlie & Sefkow and Gerald S. Rufer, Fergus Falls, for respondent.

Heard before PETERSON, SCOTT, and IVERSON, JJ., and considered and decided by the court en banc.


SCOTT, Justice.

This is an appeal from summary judgment in favor of Standard Oil Company of Indiana, American Oil Division1 (American Oil) in a common-law action for negligence brought by appellant, Theobald Trautman. We affirm.

On October 29, 1968, Trautman was injured as a result of a fall which allegedly occurred when he slipped on oil at a terminal operated by American Oil in Moorhead, Minnesota. Trautman was hospitalized until...

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