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MOBIL CHEMICAL COMPANY v. BELL

No. B-4447.

517 S.W.2d 245 (1974)

MOBIL CHEMICAL COMPANY, Petitioner, v. Edward L. BELL et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Rehearing Denied January 15, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Orgain, Bell & Tucker, Cleve Bachman and Zollie Carl Steakley, Beaumont, for petitioner.

Waldman & Smallwood, Carl Waldman and William Hays Seele, Beaumont, for respondents.

McGEE, Justice.

This is a common law damage suit for personal injuries sustained by Edward L. Bell and J. A. Hurley, employees of an independent contractor constructing a large chemical plant for Mobil Chemical Company, when acetic acid escaped from a portion of the plant already completed and turned over to Mobil. A jury failed to find that Mobil was guilty of specific acts of negligence but answered res ipsa loquitur issues favorably to the plaintiffs.

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