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ROBERTSON v. RIG-A-LITE COMPANY

No. 14577.

394 S.W.2d 838 (1965)

Oland ROBERTSON, Appellant, v. The RIG-A-LITE COMPANY, Inc., a Corporation, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Houston.

Rehearing Denied October 28, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph D. Jamail, John Gano, Houston, for appellant.

The Kempers, W. L. Kemper, Sr., Houston, for appellee Rig-A-Lite Co., Inc.; Mark Martin and Royal H. Brin, Jr., Dallas, and David Bland, Houston (Strasburger, Price, Kelton, Miller & Martin, Dallas, and Barrow, Bland, Rehmet & Singleton, Houston, of counsel), on rehearing.

Finis E. Cowan, Houston (Baker, Botts, Shepherd & Coates, Houston, of counsel), for Oil Production Maintenance, Inc.

COLEMAN, Justice.

This is a suit for damages by reason of personal injuries sustained by appellant when an oil well perforating gun, which he was rigging up at a well site, exploded. Appellant was an employee of McCullough Tool Company. Oil Production Maintenance Co., Inc., also referred to as O. P. M., was the owner of the drilling rig. In answer to special issues the jury found that the sole proximate cause of the explosion was the negligent failure of the defendant...

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