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REED TOOL CO. v. COPELIN

No. C-3591.

689 S.W.2d 404 (1985)

REED TOOL COMPANY, Petitioner, v. Judy A. COPELIN, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Rehearing Denied May 8, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fulbright and Jaworski, Patricia J. Kerrigan, Winstol D. Carter, Jr. and Charles W. Hurd, III, Houston, for petitioner.

R.D. McPherson, Houston, for respondent.

SPEARS, Justice.

The question presented is whether an employer who intentionally maintains an unsafe workplace in which an employee is injured may be held to have intentionally injured the employee. Mrs. Judy Copelin sued Reed Tool Company for loss of consortium resulting from on-the-job injuries sustained by her husband. The trial court granted summary judgment for Reed Tool Company on the ground that Mrs. Copelin's action was derivative and could not be maintained...

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