Nelson v. Wasteka Oil Co.

This action was commenced against Wasteka Oil Company, a corporation, and Ray Stephens, Inc., a corporation, by Vyvyen Nelson, ad-ministratrix of the estate of Kenneth Nelson, deceased, to recover damages for the wrongful death of Kenneth Nelson, who was blown from the floor of an oil derrick. The parties will be referred to by their trial court designation.

The record discloses that decedent was, at least for a majority of the time during the drilling of the Farwell Well No. 2, in charge of the drilling crew; that there was a driller or a drilling superintendent who supervised the drilling…