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MARTINEZ v. VINTAGE PETROLEUM, INC.

No. B114300.

80 Cal.Rptr.2d 449 (1998)

68 Cal.App.4th 695

Alfonso MARTINEZ et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. VINTAGE PETROLEUM, INC., Defendant and Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Six.

As Modified December 18, 1998.

Review Denied March 9, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott Schurmer and Earl S. Schurmer, Schurmer & Drane, Santa Barbara, for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Neil S. Tardiff and Lisa Franklin, Tardiff & Associates, San Luis Obispo, for Defendant and Respondent.

YEGAN, J.

In negligence parlance, this is a superseding cause case. Appellant, Alfonso Martinez, was employed by Clark Engineering and Construction Company (Clark), an independent contractor, to work in an oil field operated by Vintage Petroleum, Inc. (Vintage). Appellant was injured when a natural gas pipe burst. He sued Vintage on a negligence theory. Although a jury agreed that Vintage was a substantial factor in...

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