SENIGAR v. WATERMAN STEAMSHIP CORP.

No. 09-95-399 CV.

945 S.W.2d 900 (1997)

Margurite SENIGAR, individually and as Representative of the Estate of Joseph Senigar, Deceased, and Patrick Senigar, Sandra L. Senigar, Aline B. Robinson, and Lisa Marie Bowie, Appellants, v. WATERMAN STEAMSHIP CORP., Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Beaumont.

Decided May 15, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terry Wood, Crutchfield, DeCordova & Chaveaux, Beaumont, for appellants.

Charles W. Seymore, Houston, Hubert Oxford, III, Michael K. Eaves, Benckenstein & Oxford, Beaumont, for appellee.

Before BURGESS, STOVER and FARRIS, JJ.


OPINION

FARRIS,* Justice.

This is a wrongful death case in which the issue is whether or not Waterman Steamship Corporation owed a duty, under the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, 33 U.S.C.A. §§ 901-950 (West 1986), to warn Joseph Senigar of the danger of being exposed to guar gum dust. The appellants are Senigar's survivors. On appeal appellants complain the trial court erred in granting Waterman's motion...

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