Legal Opinion
Hercules, Inc. v. Eilers
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided September 10, 1970No. 7108PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KEITH, Justice.
Glenn Patrick was killed and Earl Eilers seriously injured when a dome lid on a railroad tank car blew of, knocking them to the ground. They were employees of Eas-Tex, Inc. (hereinafter “EasTex”), owner of a papermill at Evadale, Texas. Union Tank Car Company (hereinafter “Union Tank”) leased a tank car to Hercules, Inc. (hereinafter “Hercules”) for the purpose of transporting crude turpentine to the plant of Hercules in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company (hereinafter “Santa Fe”) was the delivering carrier of the empty car to EasTex.
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