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MOBIL OIL CORP. v. PATRICK

No. 82-2195.

442 So.2d 242 (1983)

MOBIL OIL CORPORATION ("Mobil"), Appellant, v. Michael PATRICK, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied January 16, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Peter Burns and James P. Murray of Steel, Hector & Davis, Miami, for appellant.

Richard L. Kopel of Richard L. Kopel, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellee.

ANSTEAD, Chief Judge.

This is a timely appeal by Mobil of an award of punitive damages to Michael Patrick. Patrick was awarded $1,000.00 in compensatory damages and $50,000.00 in punitive damages as a result of an incident in which gasoline was spilled on him at Mobil's loading facility. We reverse.

Mobil operates a gasoline truck loading facility in Port Everglades. In late August of 1978 a new truck loading mechanism was installed at the facility. The automated...

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