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SHELL OIL CO. v. KHAN

No. 02-0401.

138 S.W.3d 288 (2004)

SHELL OIL COMPANY, Petitioner, v. Mohammed KHAN and Jamila Williams, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided June 11, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Vandiver Wilson, Troy Allen Williams, Hays McConn Rice & Pickering, Houston, TX, for Petitioner.

Stuart J. Starry, Marta Eugenia Montenego, Starry & Associates, Richard Eugene Norman, Timothy J. Crowley, Crowley Douglas & Norman, LLP, Houston, TX, for Respondent.

Justice BRISTER delivered the opinion of the Court.

Once again, we consider when an oil company may be held responsible for crimes committed by third parties against an employee of a lessee-dealer. In Exxon v. Tidwell, we held the answer "depends on whether the oil company possessed a right of control over the safety and security of the station."1 As we were adopting a new standard, we remanded for a new trial so the parties could...

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