Fisher v. Coastal Transport Co.

Olin E. Fisher and others filed this suit against Coastal Transport Company to recover damages for personal injuries and property damages, sustained as a result of an explosion *226caused by the negligence of an employee of the Coastal Transport Company while pumping gasoline into a tank located at Raymondville, Texas. The trial was had before a jury, and judgment was rendered by the trial court against Coastal Transport Company in favor of Olin E. Fisher in the sum of $1600 for property damages, $1000 for physical pain and suffering, $500 in favor of Geneva Fisher, the infant daughter of Olin E.…