PHILLIPS PIPE LINE COMPANY v. RAZO

No. B-48.

420 S.W.2d 691 (1967)

PHILLIPS PIPE LINE COMPANY, Petitioner, v. Emilio RAZO et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Rehearing Denied November 29, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrews, Kurth, Campbell & Jones, Hall E. Timanus and George H. Hagle, Houston, William J. Zeman and Lloyd G. Minter, Bartlesville, Okl., E. H. Brown, Houston, for petitioner.

Combs & Mitchell, Glynn W. McDonald, Fulbright, Crooker, Freeman, Bates & Jaworski, Royce R. Till, Houston, Davis & Kee, Angleton, for respondents.


GREENHILL, Justice.

Plaintiff, Emilio Razo, was injured when a bulldozer operated by his employer or employers, Monical & Powell, Inc. and T-T Construction Co., joint venturers, hit and ruptured a buried ethylene pipeline operated by defendant Phillips Pipe Line Company, causing an explosion and fire. The trial court entered judgment for Razo for $304,288 based on jury findings that Phillips was negligent in failing to bury its pipeline to a proper depth, in failing...

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