GENERAL ELEV. CORP. v. CHAMPION PAPERS

No. A2158.

590 S.W.2d 763 (1979)

GENERAL ELEVATOR CORPORATION, Appellant, v. CHAMPION PAPERS—Division of Champion International Corporation and Champion International Corporation, Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Houston (14th Dist.).

Rehearing Denied November 28, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David J. Beck, Christopher Hicks, Fulbright & Jaworski, Houston, for appellant.

Frank M. Bean, Bean & Manning, Houston, for appellees.

Before J. CURTISS BROWN, C. J., and MILLER and PAUL PRESSLER, JJ.


PAUL PRESSLER, Justice.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment in a workers' compensation and wrongful death case in which General Elevator's (appellant) cross action for contribution against the Champion group (appellee) was denied under Tex.Rev.Civ.Stat.Ann. art. 8306.

On December 22, 1975, Keith Joseph Broussard was fatally injured in an elevator accident while acting in the course of his employment for Champion...

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