Exxon Corporation v. Brecheen

STEAKLEY, Justice.

On March 10, 1970, William D. Brecheen, Jr., a tank truck driver for Oil Transport Company, was injured by being sprayed in the face with oil while waiting for his truck to be loaded on the premises of Exxon’s Baytown Refinery. On August 17,1971, he filed suit to recover for his personal injuries. On December 19,1972, Brecheen committed suicide with a rifle, leaving a note to his wife, Sue Brecheen. A suggestion of death was thereafter filed and Sue Bre-cheen moved that the suit proceed as an action for damages under the Survival Statute, Vernon’s Tex.Rev.Civ.Stat.Ann. art.…