GASKA v. EXXON CORP.

Nos. 88-0825, 88-0826.

558 So.2d 457 (1990)

Wendy Clifton GASKA, As Personal Representative of the Estate of Jason H. Clifton, Deceased, Appellant, v. EXXON CORPORATION and Everglades Land Company, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied April 12, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neil R. Lewis, Coral Gables, Tom Murphy, Miami, and Richard B. Wingate, Jr., Perkasie, Pa., for appellant.

Shelley H. Leinicke of Wicker Smith, Blomqvist, Tutan, O'Hara, McCoy, Graham & Lane, Fort Lauderdale, for appellee-Everglades Land Co.

Marilyn J. Holifield and Richard Nichols of Holland & Knight, Miami, for appellee-Exxon Corp.


PER CURIAM.

The plaintiff/appellant, Wendy Clifton Gaska, brought an action for wrongful death against Exxon Corporation for the death of her husband, Jason Clifton, who was killed when he attempted to cut open a gasoline storage tank with a power saw. Mrs. Gaska sued Exxon and alleged that Exxon had failed to de-gas the tank prior to the time that it sold the tank, and that it failed to check for the presence of explosive materials. Mrs. Gaska sued Everglades because...

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