CHEVRON, U.S.A., INC. v. LESCH

No. 86, September Term, 1988.

319 Md. 25 (1990)

570 A.2d 840

CHEVRON, U.S.A., INC. ET AL. v. WARREN ROBERT LESCH ET AL.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Motion for Reconsideration Denied April 2, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald E. Sharpe (Elizabeth C. Kelley, Piper & Marbury, David D. Patton, all on brief), Baltimore, Charles N. Ketterman (Montedonico & Mason, Chartered, both on brief), Baltimore, for petitioners.

Glenn E. Bushel (Ira L. Oring, Melnicove, Kaufman, Weiner & Smouse, P.A., Baltimore, H. Patrick Stringer, Jr. and Mudd, Harrison & Burch, Towson, all on brief), for respondent.

Argued before MURPHY, C.J., and ELDRIDGE, COLE, RODOWSKY, McAULIFFE, ADKINS and BLACKWELL, JJ.


McAULIFFE, Judge.

Dr. Warren R. Lesch and his wife were severely burned and suffered the loss of their home and its contents when an explosion occurred in their garage in July 1985. The Lesches filed suit in the Circuit Court for Harford County, contending that the explosion was caused by the negligence of Malcolm Weeks, an employee of Walker's Chevron, Inc. (Walker's Chevron). Walker's Chevron owned and operated an automobile service station business located on Conowingo...

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