Thompson v. Graham

GRISSOM, Chief Justice.

In October, 1953, L. R. Thompson, an employee of Ace Drilling Company, was injured by the falling of a steel ladder which had been placed in position, but not bolted to the derrick floor, by employees of the Grahams, who had moved the drilling rig to a new location. Thompson and the workmen’s compensation insurance carrier for Ace Drilling Company, who had paid Thompson compensation, brought this suit for damages against the Grahams who were alleged to have negligently caused Thompson’s injury by failing to fasten the ladder to the floor. The case was sub mitted to a…