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EXXON CORPORATION v. BRECHEEN

No. B-5168.

526 S.W.2d 519 (1975)

EXXON CORPORATION, Petitioner, v. Sue BRECHEEN et al., Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Rehearing Denied September 24, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fulbright & Jaworski, L. S. Carsey, David J. Beck and Adele Black, Judy L. R. Fernald, Eino Zapata, Robert D. McGee, Houston, for petitioner.

Frank Stovall, Houston, Glenn & Thomas, Allen D. Glenn, Abilene, for respondent.

STEAKLEY, Justice.

On March 10, 1970, William D. Brecheen, Jr., a tank truck driver for Oil Transport Company, was injured by being sprayed in the face with oil while waiting for his truck to be loaded on the premises of Exxon's Baytown Refinery. On August 17, 1971, he filed suit to recover for his personal injuries. On December 19, 1972, Brecheen committed suicide with a rifle, leaving a note to his wife, Sue Brecheen. A suggestion of death was thereafter filed and...

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