Price Drilling Co. v. Zertuche

OPINION

PAUL W. GREEN, Justice.

This appeal stems from a negligence case. Appellee Jim Zertuche (“Zertuche”) filed suit against appellant and general contractor Price Drilling Company (“Price”), alleging that, while in the course and scope of his employment with an independent contractor,1 he was injured at Price’s drilling rig site when he slipped and fell climbing on his truck. Zertuche’s case was based on a general negligence theory. Following a jury trial, Price was found to have controlled the work being performed by Zertuche. The jury also found Price to have been 60% negligent and…