PAINTER v. SANDRIDGE ENERGY, INC.

No. 08-13-00272-CV.

511 S.W.3d 713 (2015)

Steven PAINTER, Tonya Wright, Individually and as Representative of the Estate of Earl A. Wright, III, Deceased, Virginia Weaver, Individually and as Next Friend of Albert A. Carillo, a Minor, Tabatha P. Rosello, Individually and as Representative of the Estate of Albert Carillo Deceased, Appellants, v. SANDRIDGE ENERGY, INC., Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, El Paso.

November 3, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jon Mark Hogg , Jackson Walker L.L.P., San Angelo, TX, Attorney for Appellee

Denis Dennis , Kelly, Morgan, Dennis, Corzine & Hansen, P.C., Odessa, TX, Attorney for Appellant

Before McClure, C.J., Rodriguez, J., and Chew, C.J. (Senior)


OPINION

In this appeal we are asked to explore the limits of vicarious liability. The relatives of two deceased oil field workers, and an injured oil field worker, seek to hold the owner of a drilling lease responsible for a tragic automobile accident occurring miles away from the drilling site...

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