PETTY v. IDECO, DIV. OF DRESSER INDUSTRIES, INC.

No. 83-2763.

761 F.2d 1146 (1985)

Charles PETTY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. IDECO, a DIVISION OF DRESSER INDUSTRIES, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied July 3, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Allen Moore, Barry L. Hart, Odessa, Tex., for plaintiff-appellant.

Cook, Davis & McFall, Richard A. Sheehy, Donald B. McFall, Kent C. Sullivan, Houston, Tex., for defendant-appellee.

Before GOLDBERG, JOHNSON, and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.


JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:

In this Texas diversity case,1 plaintiff Charles Petty sued defendant Ideco, a Division of Dresser Industries, Inc. (Ideco), on products liability theories for injuries that he sustained while working on an oil well servicing unit manufactured by Ideco. A jury returned a verdict that Petty take nothing from Ideco, and the district court entered judgment accordingly. On...

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