ARROW DRILLING COMPANY v. BROOKS

No. 19299.

303 F.2d 590 (1962)

ARROW DRILLING COMPANY, Appellant, v. Richard T. BROOKS and Bituminous Casualty Corporation, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

May 25, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Otto Atchley, Victor Hlavinka, Atchley, Russell, Hutchinson & Waldrop, Texarkana, Tex., for appellant.

Franklin Jones, Sr., Marshall, Tex., L. L. Lockard, Shreveport, La., Larry Oubre, Dallas, Tex., Franklin Jones, Jr., Marshall, Tex. (Jones, Brian & Jones, Marshall, Tex., of counsel), for appellees.

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


PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal from a verdict and judgment for plaintiff in a suit for personal injuries received in Texas by appellee, as the employee of Griggs Casing Crews Co., Inc., a sub-contractor of appellant, the drilling contractor.

The grounds of negligence alleged were: (1) furnishing unsafe equipment used in the work performed by the Griggs crew; (2) employing a method of work which was unsafe; and (3) arranging the derrick and its appurtenances...

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