Rourke v. Garza

GREENHILL, Chief Justice.

This is a products liability case. Respondent, Adolph 0. Garza, a pipefitter-welder employed by Har-Con Engineering Company, Inc., brought this suit against J. E. Rourke,1 individually and d/b/a J. E. Rourke Rental & Supplies, for personal injuries sustained in a fall from scaffolding which had been supplied by Rourke Rental to Har-Con at Har-Con’s job site in Galveston, Texas. Rourke Rental impleaded Har-Con, alleging written indemnity. The trial court entered judgment on the jury’s verdict in favor of Garza for $303,126.42. The plaintiff Garza, as an employee of…