Sun Oil Co. v. Massey

PEDEN, Justice.

Sun Oil Company, its employee Henry Preslar, and J.F.P. Well Service, Inc. appeal from the judgment of the trial court in favor of the plaintiffs, Sarah Sue Massey and members of her family. In January of 1973, plaintiffs brought suit under Article 4671 et seq. of Vernon’s Texas Civil Stat utes, the Texas Wrongful Death Act, against Sun, Preslar, and Gulf States Utilities Company, seeking to recover damages for the death of James W. Massey, in March, 1972, while he was working at a Sun oil well site. The complaint against Gulf States was transferred to Jefferson County on a…