Legal Opinion
Yeager v. Drillers, Inc.
Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)
Decided May 16, 1996No. 01-94-01227-CVPublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MIRABAL, Justice.
The Yeagers appeal a summary judgment rendered in favor of appellees, Drillers, Inc., Union Pacific Resources Company, and Union Pacific Corporation. The Yeagers sued appellees for negligence after William Yeager injured his back in 1991 while working on an oil rig. The question on appeal is whether any of the appellees owed Yeager a duty of care. We affirm in part, and reverse and remand in part.
Union Pacific Resources Company (UPRC) is the leaseholder of a well site, known as the Odeing-Baca # 1 well, located in Fayette County, Texas. UPRC contracted with Drillers to…
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3Cited by15 opinions
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- City of Alton, Carter & Burgess, Inc., Turner, Collie & Braden, Inc., and Cris Equipment Company, Inc. v. Sharyland Water Supply Corporation, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2013
- Pinkerton's v. Manriquez, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)1998
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