OTIS ELEVATOR CO. v. BEDRE

No. 09-87-057 CV.

758 S.W.2d 953 (1988)

OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY, Appellant, v. George BEDRE, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Beaumont.

Rehearing Denied October 26, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael R. McGown, Weller, Wheelus & Green, Dewey J. Gonsoulin, Mehaffy, Weber, Keith & Gonsoulin, Beaumont, for appellant.

Benton Musslewhite, Houston, Joseph C. Blanks, Reaud, Morgan & Quinn, Beaumont, Charles Dewey Cole, Newman, Schlau, Fitch & Burns, New York City, for appellee.


OPINION

BROOKSHIRE, Justice.

The Appellee sustained serious personal injuries on January 22, 1981, at an oil refinery in Beaumont. Appellee was employed by a local oil company in the coker unit which had been built by another company in 1961. Apparently, in 1961, at that same time, an elevator had been designed and manufactured by Otis Elevator Company. That elevator was installed in the coker unit by Appellant. The Appellant had also repaired the elevator...

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