SWORD v. GULF OIL CORPORATION

No. 16357.

251 F.2d 829 (1958)

Cephas E. SWORD and Houston Fire and Casualty Insurance Company, Intervener, Appellants, v. GULF OIL CORPORATION, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied April 17, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Watts, W. O. Shafer, Odessa, Tex., for appellants.

William L. Kerr, Turpin, Kerr & Smith, Midland, Tex., of counsel, for appellee.

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


RIVES, Circuit Judge.

The question presented is whether, under the evidence, a jury could properly hold the employer of an independent contractor liable for injury to one of that contractor's employees. The injury was caused by the absence of a guard over a rapidly revolving clutch into which the left foot and leg of the employee were sucked and so badly mangled that amputation was necessary. Specifically, the question is whether there was sufficient evidence to sustain...

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