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MAST v. STANDARD OIL CO. OF CALIFORNIA

No. 1 CA-CIV 5517.

140 Ariz. 19 (1983)

680 P.2d 155

Loretta M. MAST, individually and as surviving spouse of Marvin Eugene Mast, on behalf of herself as surviving spouse of Marvin Eugene Mast; and on behalf of Robert Kevin Mast and Patricia Ann Mast, the surviving children of Marvin Eugene Mast, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA, a Delaware corporation, Defendant-Appellee. Donald A. FORMENTINI and Lola L. Formentini, husband and wife, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA, a Delaware corporation; and Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company, a Delaware corporation, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division 1, Department A.

Rehearing Denied April 28, 1983.

Review Granted September 20, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hughes & Hughes, P.C. by John C. Hughes, Phoenix, for plaintiffs-appellants Mast.

Law Offices of Paul G. Rees, Jr., P.C. by Paul G. Rees, Jr., Tucson, for plaintiffs-appellants Formentini.

Ryley, Carlock & Ralston by Charles L. Chester, Phoenix, and Lawler, Felix & Hall by Thomas E. Workman, Jr., F. John Nyhan, Anthony R. Delling, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendant-appellee Standard Oil Co. of California.

Fennemore, Craig, von Ammon, Udall & Powers, P.C. by Linwood C. Perkins, Jr., John G. Ryan, Phoenix, for defendant-appellee Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe R. Co.

OPINION

OGG, Presiding Judge.

This appeal arises from a tragic fire and explosion of a tank car in Kingman, Arizona. The initial fire severely burned two workmen unloading the car (decedent Marvin Mast and Donald Formentini) and led to the subsequent explosion of the tank car which killed and injured more than 100 people.

Plaintiff-appellant Loretta Mast, widow of Marvin Mast, appeals from a summary judgment granted in favor of defendant-appellee Standard...

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