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GULF OIL CORPORATION v. WRIGHT

No. 15692.

236 F.2d 46 (1956)

GULF OIL CORPORATION, Appellant, v. Mrs. Eva WRIGHT and The Standard Insurance Company, Intervener, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

August 10, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond A. Lynch, William L. Kerr, Midland, Tex., Turpin, Kerr & Smith, Midland, Tex., of counsel, for appellant.

John P. Dennison, Pecos, Tex., Alton C. Linne, Monahans, Tex., for appellee, Mrs. Eva Wright. Martelle McDonald, McDonald & Shafer, Odessa, Tex., for appellee, The Standard Insurance Co.

Before HUTCHESON, Chief Judge, and RIVES and BROWN, Circuit Judges.

John R. BROWN, Circuit Judge.

Wright, an employee of Zephyr Drilling Corporation, an independent contractor drilling an oil well for Gulf Oil Corporation in the West Texas area, was asphyxiated on the morning of May 9, 1953, while he and Simpson, Driller on Tour 2, were jetting out one of the pits. By verdict on a general charge, the jury found Gulf negligent on one or more of these grounds: failure to furnish safe place to work, to make tests of gaseous water flowing...

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