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TEXACO, INC. v. PRUITT

No. 9595.

396 F.2d 237 (1968)

TEXACO, INC., Appellant, v. Jimmy N. PRUITT, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit.

June 6, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen B. Nebeker, Salt Lake City, Utah (C. Preston Allen, Salt Lake City, Utah, on the brief), for appellant.

Arthur H. Nielsen, Salt Lake City, Utah (Duane A. Frandsen, Price, Utah, and Charles Welch, Jr., Salt Lake City, Utah, on the brief), for appellee.

Before MURRAH, Chief Judge, MARVIN JONES, Judge Court of Claims, and BREITENSTEIN, Circuit Judge.

MURRAH, Chief Judge.

While Sayer's Well Servicing Company, Inc. was servicing a pump on a Utah oil well owned by defendant-appellant Texaco, Inc., plaintiff-appellee Pruitt, an employee of Sayer's, was seriously injured when a piece of the pumping equipment known as a "horsehead" fell upon him. Having collected workmen's compensation as an employee of Sayer's, Pruitt brought this action against Texaco, alleging that Texaco negligently permitted the horsehead to fall...

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