Oldaker v. Lock Construction Company

ELLIS, Chief Justice.

Plaintiff, Charles Ray Oldaker, brought suit for damages for personal injuries sustained when a joint of oil field line pipe struck him while the pipe was being loaded onto the tractor-trailer tandem rig which he drove for Billy Walker Trucking Company. Billy Walker Trucking Company was requested by defendant, CP Construction Company, to deliver line pipe to a pipeline construction site in eastern New Mexico. CP Construction Company was under a written contract with defendant, Mobil Pipeline Company, to construct the pipeline. The site of the alleged injury was the Mallet…