Legal Opinion
Gulf States Utilities Co. v. Dryden
Texas Court of Appeals, 9th District (Beaumont)
Decided June 18, 1987No. 09-86-244 CVPublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BURGESS, Justice.
Bill Dryden was injured when he fell from a work platform on the premises of Gulf States Utilities, Inc. (GSU). United States Fire Insurance Company paid Dryden workers compensation benefits as a result of his injuries. Dryden was employed by Coastline Coating, Inc. (Coastline) as a painter. Coastline was performing painting services as an independent contractor for GSU. A fellow employee, at the close of the day prior to the accident, had suspended a scaffold or a pic-board some 30 feet above the ground by tying one end with rope he found at the site. There was…
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