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CROWN DERRICK ERECTORS, INC. v. DEW

No. 09-01-507 CV.

117 S.W.3d 526 (2003)

CROWN DERRICK ERECTORS, INC., Appellant, v. Sandy DEW, Individually and as Representative of the Estate of Paul Dew, Deceased, and Carl Dew and Doris Dew, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Beaumont.

Decided September 25, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Willie Ben Daw, III, Kyle D. Giacco, Daw & Ray, P.C., David W. Holman, Robert Alan York, Holman & Keeling, P.C., Houston, for appellant.

Nick C. Nichols, Richard J. Plezia, Abraham, Watkins, Nichols, Sorrels, Matthews & Friend, Houston, Gilbert L. "Buddy" Low, Orgain, Bell & Tucker, L.L.P., Beaumont, Richard P. Hogan, Jr., Hogan Dubose & Townsend, L.L.P., Houston, for appellees.

Before McKEITHEN, C.J., BURGESS and DAVID B. GAULTNEY, JJ.

OPINION

DAVID B. GAULTNEY, Justice.

Paul Dew fell to his death through a floor opening on Gorilla V, an offshore drilling rig under construction at Sabine Pass, Texas. Dew was working on the rig for LeTourneau, Inc., the rig builder. Dew's family sued the rig owner (Rowan Companies, Inc.), the rig designer (Woolslayer Companies, Inc.), and the derrick erector (Crown Derrick Erectors). A jury found the accident was caused by the negligence of Rowan...

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