Smith v. Atlantic Richfield Co.

OPINION ON REHEARING

ANDELL, Justice.

Appellees’ motions for rehearing and rehearing en banc have been considered by the Court and are overruled. We withdraw our opinion of March 14, 1996, and issue this one in its place. In this appeal, we are asked to decide if the appellants, Gloria Lou Smith, David Glynn Smith, and Paula Satrece Pet-ters (the family), may recover exemplary damages from the defendants, Atlantic Rich-field Company and Lyondell Petrochemical Company (the companies), for the death of an employee. The trial court rendered summary judgment for the companies. In two points of…