ESPINOZA v. HICKS

No. 08-97-00105-CV.

984 S.W.2d 274 (1998)

Joe ESPINOZA, Appellant, v. E.B. HICKS, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, El Paso.

September 24, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry L. Hart, Law Office of Barry L. Hart, Odessa, for appellant.

Layton Zant Woodul, Cecil Kuhne, Crenshaw, Dupree & Milam, L.L.P., Lubbock, for appellee.

Before LARSEN, McCLURE and CHEW, JJ.


OPINION

LARSEN, Justice.

This appeal concerns the requirements of Texas Health & Safety Code, section 752.003, a statute mandating safety procedures to be used when work is done near high voltage electrical lines. The trial court granted summary judgment for E.B. Hicks, a cotton farmer in Gaines County, Texas, on the ground that Hicks was not a person responsible for an activity in proximity to overhead electrical lines. Plaintiff Joe Espinoza...

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