Texas Sling Company v. Emanuel

DISSENTING OPINION

STEAKLEY, Justice.

I respectfully dissent. Emanuel is entitled to his judgment under the findings of *542the jury and the support therefor in reasonable inferences which may be drawn from the evidence. In my view, this is true whether we speak in terms of the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur or of the inference of negligence theory of recovery.

The affirmative jury findings as to Texas Sling, identified by number, were these: (3) Texas Sling knew of the intended use of the wire rope it spliced; (10) immediately prior to the falling of the boom, one of the splices in the new…