Birmingham v. Gulf Oil Corp.

OPINION

NYE, Chief Justice.

This is a wrongful death action. Birdie Irene Birmingham, the surviving widow of Hope Birmingham, brought suit against a number of defendants to recover damages for the death of her husband who received injuries resulting in his death when a crane owned by Gulf Oil Corporation fell from a drilling platform located in the Gulf of Mexico offshore from Mustang Island. The plaintiff was joined in the suit by her adult married daughter who assigned any right of recovery to the plaintiff. The trial was to a jury. At the close of plaintiff’s evidence the trial court…