PAINTER v. AMERIMEX DRILLING I, LTD.

No. 16-0120.

561 S.W.3d 125 (2018)

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 A.A.C., a Minor; and Tabitha R. Rosello, Individually and as Representative of the Estate of Albert Carillo, Deceased, Petitioners, v. AMERIMEX DRILLING I, LTD., Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

OPINION DELIVERED: April 13, 2018.

Rehearing Denied December 14, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter M. Kelly , Kelly Durham & Pittard, LLP, Houston, TX, Jeffrey Blake Simon , Simon Eddins & Greenstone, Dallas, TX, for Amicus Curiae Texas Trial Lawyers Association.

Peter M. Kelly , Kelly Durham & Pittard, LLP, Houston, TX, David W. Lauritzen , Cotton Bledsoe Tighe & Dawson PC, Midland, TX, Jon Robert Hanna , Hanna Law Firm, P.C., Abilene, TX, for Petitioner Steven Painter.

Peter M. Kelly , Kelly Durham & Pittard, LLP, Houston, TX, David W. Lauritzen , Cotton Bledsoe Tighe & Dawson PC, Midland, TX, Rachel M.C. Ambler , Rahul Malhotra , The Malhotra Law Firm, Odessa, TX, for Petitioners Tabitha R. Rosello and Virginia Weaver.

S. Anthony Safi , Mounce, Green, Myers, Safi Paxson & Galatzan, P.C., Steven L. Hughes , Eighth Court of Appeals, El Paso, TX, Karen Crook Burgess , Richardson + Burgess, L.L.P., Austin TX, for Respondent Amerimex Drilling Amerimex Drilling I, Ltd.

Roger W. Hughes , Adams & Graham, L.L.P., Harlingen, TX, for Amicus Curiae Texas Association of Defense Counsel.

David W. Lauritzen , Cotton Bledsoe Tighe & Dawson PC, Midland, TX, Jon Robert Hanna , Hanna Law Firm, P.C., Abilene, TX, for Petitioner Tonya Wright.


This negligence case arises from a motor-vehicle accident that occurred while a drilling-company employee was driving three of his coworkers from a drilling site to employer-provided housing...

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