ROURKE v. GARZA

No. B-4791.

530 S.W.2d 794 (1975)

Elzie Pauline ROURKE, Individually, etc., Petitioner, v. Adolph O. GARZA et al., Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Rehearing Denied January 7, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mills, Shirley, McMicken & Eckel, Preston Shirley, Galveston, for petitioner.

R. A. Apffel, Galveston, Kronzer, Abraham & Watkins, John B. Murphrey, Nick C. Nichols and W. J. Kronzer, Houston, McLeod, Alexander, Powel & Apffel, V. W. McLeod and James L. Anthony, Galveston, for respondent.


GREENHILL, Chief Justice.

This is a products liability case. Respondent, Adolph O. Garza, a pipefitter-welder employed by Har-Con Engineering Company, Inc., brought this suit against J. E. Rourke,1 individually and d/b/a J. E. Rourke Rental & Supplies, for personal injuries sustained in a fall from scaffolding which had been supplied by Rourke Rental to Har-Con at Har-Con's job site in Galveston, Texas. Rourke Rental impleaded Har...

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