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PRICE v. INLAND OIL CO.

No. 80-1764.

646 F.2d 90 (1981)

PRICE, Tyrone A., Appellee, v. INLAND OIL COMPANY, Amsco, Division of Union Carbide of California, v. SHELL OIL CO. and/or Shell Chemical Co. and Hanover Wire Cloth Co. Appeal of AMSCO, DIVISION OF UNION OIL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided April 20, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Wayne Renneisen (argued), Harvey, Pennington, Hearting & Renneisen, Ltd., Philadelphia, Pa., for appellant Amsco, Div. Union Oil Company of California.

Joseph Lurie (argued), Galfand, Berger, Senesky, Lurie & March, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellee.

Before HUNTER and GARTH, Circuit Judges and SAROKIN, District Judge.

OPINION OF THE COURT

JAMES HUNTER, III, Circuit Judge:

This case arises from an unfortunate accident at the Hanover Wire Cloth Company on February 10, 1975. On that date, a Hanover employee, Tyrone Price, was seriously burned when his clothing, having been splashed with a flammable hydrocarbon substance known as "naphtha" or "mineral spirits," accidentally became ignited by a cigarette spark. Price brought suit against the supplier of the naphtha, appellant...

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