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TEXAS EMPLOYERS' INS. ASS'N v. ABLES

No. 08-82-00194-CV.

665 S.W.2d 564 (1984)

TEXAS EMPLOYERS' INSURANCE ASSOCIATION, Appellant, v. C.E. ABLES and Geneva Ables, as Qualified Community Survivors of Dennis W. Ables, Deceased, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, El Paso.

Rehearing Denied February 22, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry N. Beck, Cotton, Bledsoe, Tighe & Dawson, Midland, for appellant.

Norma Venso, Warren Burnett, Inc., Galveston, Cliff Hardwick, Warren Burnett, Inc., Odessa, for appellees.

Before STEPHEN F. PRESLAR, C.J., and WARD and OSBORN, JJ.

OPINION

STEPHEN F. PRESLAR, Chief Justice.

This is a workers' compensation death case with judgment for the workman's survivors based on the jury verdict. We affirm.

Dennis Ables, son of Appellees, was employed by Warton Drilling Company on a drilling rig on the occasion of his death. His father, as driller, was his immediate superior. Sometime between 3:00 and 4:00 o'clock a.m., while the crew was resting...

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