SLANE v. JERRY SCOTT DRILLING CO., INC.

No. 88-1264.

918 F.2d 123 (1990)

Richard SLANE and Linda Slane, Husband and Wife, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. JERRY SCOTT DRILLING COMPANY, INC., an Oklahoma corporation; Tuney Burger, Inc., an Oklahoma corporation; Tuney Burger, Individually, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

November 2, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry Tawwater (Ben T. Lampkin, John E. Vitali, with him, on the briefs), Lampkin, McCaffrey & Tawwater, Oklahoma City, Okl., for plaintiffs and appellants.

Earl D. Mills (Joseph T. Acquaviva, with him, on the brief), Mills, Whitten, Mills, Mills & Hinkle, Oklahoma City, Okl., for defendant-appellee Jerry Scott Drilling Co., Inc.

Jim W. Lee (Manville T. Buford and C. Scott Buech, with him, on the brief), Lee, Beuch, Buford, Durocher & Mauritson, Oklahoma City, Okl., for defendants-appellees Tuney Burger, Inc. and Tuney Burger, Individually.

Before BALDOCK and EBEL, Circuit Judges, and BARRETT, Senior Circuit Judge.


BARRETT, Senior Circuit Judge.

Richard and Linda Slane appeal from a judgment entered following a jury trial and verdict granted in favor of Jerry Scott Drilling Company (Scott Drilling), Tuney Burger, Inc. (Burger), and Tuney Burger, individually. The Slanes initiated this action after Richard was severely burned following an explosion on an oil drilling rig where he was working. The relevant facts are not in dispute.

In early 1985, Wessley Energy (Wessley...

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