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SHEFFIELD DIVISION, ARMCO STEEL CORPORATION v. JONES

No. A-9748.

376 S.W.2d 825 (1964)

SHEFFIELD DIVISION, ARMCO STEEL CORPORATION, Petitioner, v. Mrs. Walter O. JONES, Jr., et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Rehearing Denied April 15, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clark, Thomas, Harris, Denius & Winters, Mary Joe Carroll, with above firm, Austin, Butler, Binion, Rice & Cook, James E. Crowther and W. N. Blanton, Jr., with above firm, Houston, for petitioner.

Hill, Brown, Kronzer, Abraham, Watkins & Steely, Houston, for respondents.

CULVER, Justice.

This suit was brought against Armco Steel Corporation and Robert McWhirter, its maintenance foreman, for exemplary damages as authorized by law where an employee's death is caused by homicide from the wilful act or omission or gross negligence of the employer at the time of the injury.1 Walter Jones, Jr., while in the scope of his employment with Armco Steel Corporation was killed as the result of an explosion in December...

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