SCOTT v. MURPHY CORPORATION

No. 8404.

448 P.2d 803 (1968)

79 N.M. 697

Lloyd SCOTT and J.K. Scott, Individually and Lloyd Scott and J.K. Scott d/b/a Scott Brothers Drilling Company, Defendants-Appellants, v. MURPHY CORPORATION and McWood Corporation, Defendants-Appellees.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

Rehearing Denied January 7, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul A. Phillips, Rodey, Dickason, Sloan, Akin & Robb, James C. Ritchie, Albuquerque, for appellants.

Tansey, Rosebrough & Roberts, Farmington, for Murphy Corp.

White & Musgrove, Farmington, Russell Moore, Albuquerque, for McWood Corp.


OPINION

NOBLE, Justice.

T.A. Jones and Calvin B. Jones (hereafter termed Jones) brought this action against Lloyd Scott and J.K. Scott, individually and as Scott Brothers Drilling Company (hereafter termed Scott), seeking damages sustained in an oil well fire and explosion at the Murphy Corporation (hereafter termed Murphy) Navajo AA #2 location. Scott made Murphy a third-party defendant, alleging, by cross-complaint, personal injuries to J.K. Scott and...

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