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VISTA PETROLEUM CO. v. WORKMAN

No. 5468.

598 S.W.2d 721 (1980)

VISTA PETROLEUM CO., Appellant, v. Bonnie WORKMAN et al., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Eastland.

Rehearing Denied May 22, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Tighe, Cotton, Bledsoe, Tighe, Morrow & Dawson, Midland, for appellant.

R. Temple Dickson, Moore, Dickson, Roberts & Hall, Inc., Sweetwater, Carl M. Anderson, County Atty., Sweetwater, for appellees.

DICKENSON, Justice.

The principal question in this venue appeal is whether the evidence is legally sufficient to establish a cause of action under the "attractive nuisance" doctrine.

Bonnie Workman sued for herself and as next friend of her minor son, Jackie Workman, contending that Vista Petroleum Co. was legally responsible for injuries which resulted when the boy's leg was injured by an oil well pump on a farm in Knox County. Vista filed a plea of privilege...

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