Pilot Travel Centers, LLC, (“Pilot”) on June 14th filed a Complaint in Miller County, Arkansas, Circuit Court addressing an alleged spill of diesel fuel.
The Complaint seeks a recovery of certain costs from Fed-Ex Ground Package System, Inc., (“Fed-Ex”), Triple G, LLC, an individual and three John Does.
Pilot operates a retail motor fuel outlet (“Store”) in Texarkana, Arkansas.
It is alleged that on July 14, 2017, a vehicle owned by Fed-Ex spilled “diesel gasoline” at the Pilot Store. It is further alleged that Pilot paid the costs and expenses of cleaning up the spilled diesel gasoline.
Pilot is stated to have hired an environmental consulting firm to clean up the spilled diesel gasoline and undertake certain paperwork requirements. The costs of cleaning up the spilled gasoline is stated to be $9,724.72.
The Complaint states that Pilot informed Fed-Ex of the spill and requested reimbursement of the associated costs and expenses. It is further alleged that Fed-Ex has not provided reimbursement for such costs.
Pilot alleges that the referenced Defendants’ were negligent and the sole and proximate cause of the spill.
The Complaint provides that $9,724.72 in damages is requested.
A copy of the Complaint can be found here.
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