Marken v. Empire Drilling Co.

OPINION

Harnsberger, Justice.

This suit arose because of injuries sustained by Jimmie Marken, plaintiff and now respondent, when he was crushed between a moving truck and a standing truck in the oil fields of Natrona County, Wyoming. The case was tried to a jury which returned a verdict in plaintiff’s favor for some $21,000 and judgment was rendered accordingly. The defendant has appealed.

It appears that at the time of the accident the Empire Drilling Company, Inc., defendant and appellant, was hired by plaintiff’s employer, Marsh and Pursel, drilling contractors, to move their drilling rig to…