ARGUELLESS v. KELLOGG BROWN & ROOT, INC.

No. 14-04-01022-CV.

222 S.W.3d 714 (2007)

Abel ARGUELLESS, Laura Arguelles, Terrie A. Augustino, Petra Renee Barfield, William A. Barfield, Adolph Brown, Desmond Burnett, Dora A. Burnett, Ricky A. Carter, Carl Ray Crane, Dennis M. Curry, Stephanie L. Curry, Paul Kevin Cutrer, Sondra Dorflinger Cutrer, Christy Durden, Randal William Durden, Arthur Escobedo, Janie Escobedo, Derek Todd Evett, Kimberly Evett, Karen George, Rocky D. George, Lino A. Gonzalez, Marie S. Gaynor Gonzalez, Bertha Guidry, Lambert Guidry, Larry C. Hammans, Miranda Hammans, Maurice F. Hodge, John B. Jackson, Jimmy Ray Jones, Vicky Renee Jones, Diana Kelly, Jerry W. Kelly, Diana Kelly, Jerry W. Kelly, George P. La Fear, Sherry Elizabeth La Fear, Dan Q. Lam, Amy Marie Lam, Hilda M. Lewis, Anna Laura Martinez, Baldemar Gonzalez Martinez, Angela L. Mercier, Terry Martin Mercier, Edna Ann Norman, Michael J. Norman, Cheryl J. Reedy, Michael Reedy, Betty Saenz, Gilberto M. Saenz, James Aaron Shankle, Marchelle D. Watkins, Angela Kay Williams, Brenda Castle Williams, Darrell E. Williams, Jessie Mae Williams, Lonzy Williams, Mary Ann Williams, Reginald Calvin Williams, Timothy Owen Williams, Pacific Employers Insurance Company, Adarienne Bradley, Jack W. Christy, Michael Edward Cole, Rodolfo Coma, Douglas Counts, William De La Vergen, Jackie Edwards, Richard E. Friday, Nick Garcia, Ignacio Garza, Brian Gibson, Fidencio Gonzalez, Joseph E. Gonzalez, Roy Guerra, David Hernandez, Derek W. Holmes, Barry Holcomb, Marilyn G. Jones, Gerald Lohse, Earl McPherson, Danny Meadows, Jr., Michael Morales, Forrest E. Probst, Leon Ritter Jan Allen Stewart, Kenneth Vance, Angela Ann Vaydik, David Yeary, and Tony Latayne Gott, Individually and as Executrix of the Estate of Rodney Gott, Appellants v. KELLOGG BROWN & ROOT, INC., Individually and as Successor in Interest to the M.W. Kellogg Company, and Halliburton Company, Individually and as Successor in Interest to the M.W. Kellogg Company, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Houston (14th Dist.).

March 27, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard N. Countiss, Jim S. Hart, John E. Williams Jr., Michael W. Cramer, and Robert E. Ammons, Houston, for appellants.

Craig Joseph Ledet, Gregory Karl Evans, H. Victor Thomas, R. Bruce Hurley, Reagan W. Simpson, and Robert E. Meadows, Houston, for appellees.

Panel consists of Justices ANDERSON, EDELMAN, and FROST.


OPINION

KEM THOMPSON FROST, Justice.

This case arises from a terrible explosion and fire at a large chemical complex, resulting in personal injury to many workers. After some of the injured workers filed negligence claims against companies that allegedly had provided services to their employer, the trial court rendered a summary judgment that the workers take nothing on their claims against the service providers. On appeal, the workers assert that the judgment...

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