OFFSHORE PETROLEUM DIVERS, INC. v. CROMP

No. 09-96-123CV.

952 S.W.2d 954 (1997)

OFFSHORE PETROLEUM DIVERS, INC., Appellant, v. Paul CROMP and Richard Curtis Marsh, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Beaumont.

Decided October 9, 1997.

Rehearing Overruled November 14, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Scott Wolfrom, Snider, Donaldson & Wolfrom, Keith Coulter, Andrews, Myers & Donaldson, Beaumont, for appellant.

Gilbert T. Adams, Jr., Theme Sue Linh, Law Offices of Gilbert T. Adams, Jimmy W. Nettles, Beaumont, for appellee.

Before WALKER, C.J., and BURGESS and STOVER, JJ.


OPINION

STOVER, Justice.

Appellant Offshore Petroleum Divers, Inc. ("OPD") calls upon us to determine whether appellees Paul Cromp and Richard Marsh can maintain a cause of action for fraud against their former employer. We conclude, under the circumstances in this case, they can.

Appellees sued OPD in tort for fraud, as well as estoppel and/or detrimental reliance and intentional infliction of emotional distress. Only the fraud issue was submitted...

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