Wood v. Kane Boiler Works, Inc.

Mrs. Bertha Wood, petitioner, sued Kane Boiler Works, Inc., respondent, for damages for the death of her husband, Ralph Wood. Liberty Mutual Insurance Co., also a petitioner, intervened, alleging that as insurer of Pittsburg Laboratory of Texas, employer of Ralph Wood, it had paid a Workmen’s Compensation award to Mrs. Wood and was subrogated to that extent to any recovery adjudged to her.

A trial court judgment for petitioners was reversed by the Court of Civil Appeals and rendered for respondent. 232 S. W. 2d., 866.

Lone Star Gas Company engaged respondent to fabricate and weld 10 miles of…