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CAMERON INT'L CORPORATION v. MARTINEZ

No. 21-0614.

662 S.W.3d 373 (2022)

CAMERON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION a/k/a Cameron Systems Corporation, Petitioner, v. Hugo A. MARTINEZ and Dolores Ramirez, Individually and on Behalf of the Estate of Javier Garcia, Jr., Deceased; Javier Mayagoitia, Sr., Individually and as Independent Administrator of the Estate of Javier Mayagoitia, Jr., Deceased; Julieta Taylor; Osman Martinez; and Jeanne Chavez, Individually and as Next Friend and Guardian of M.C., a Minor Child, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

OPINION DELIVERED: December 30, 2022.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Allen Jr. , Dallas, Lucas Thomas Elliot , Nashville, Harper Estes , Midland, Lewis Smith , Houston, Benjamin West , Dallas, for Petitioner.

Carlos A. Leon , Sugar Land, Dana Brooke Levy , Piero A. Garcia , Sugar Land, Kirk L. Pittard , Dallas, for Respondent Martinez, Osman.

Jay William Weinacht , Jonathan Stoger , for Respondents Taylor, Julieta, Javier Mayagoitia, Sr.

Brittany Lopez , Maxey Marie Scherr , Jeffrey B. Pownell , El Paso, James F. Scherr , for Respondent Hugo A. Martinez and Dolores Ramirez, Individually and on Behalf of the Estate of Javier Garcia, Jr., Deceased.

Fredrick Mandell , El Paso, Santiago David Hernandez , San Antonio, for Respondent Chavez, Jeannie.

Carlos Rincon , Oscar A. Lara , El Paso, for Other interested party David Boone, Individually and David Boone Oilfield Consulting, Inc.

Constance H. Pfeiffer , Timothy Scott McConn , Houston, Andrew Ingram , for Amicus Curiae International Association of Drilling Contractors.

In this vicarious liability case, we decide whether an oilfield worker acted within the course and scope of his employment when he was involved in a deadly car accident. The accident occurred as the worker drove toward an oilfield drilling site upon completing personal errands.

The trial court granted summary judgment in favor of the...

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