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GARDNER v. CHEVRON U.S.A., INC.

Nos. 80-1564, 80-1670.

675 F.2d 658 (1982)

Janis Riley GARDNER, individually, and as next friend and on behalf of Christopher Gardner and Stephanie Lynn Gardner, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CHEVRON U.S.A., INC., a California corporation, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Unit A

May 5, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nance, Caston & Nall, Richard Harrison, Sherman, Tex., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Baker & Botts, Michael Paul Graham, Houston, Tex., for defendant-appellee.

Before BROWN and GARZA, Circuit Judges, and BEER, District Judge.

BEER, District Judge:

This diversity suit arises under the Texas death and survival statutes for damages resulting from the death of Rudolph C. Gardner, who was killed as a result of a fire at a flowing oil well, owned and operated by Chevron U.S.A., Inc. The plaintiffs were Gardner's wife, two minor children and his parents. The case was tried before a jury which found the defendant Chevron not negligent in any respect which was a proximate cause of the death of...

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