Gulf Oil Corp. v. Williams

CORNELIUS, Chief Justice.

Gulf Oil Corporation and Empire Security Agency, appeal from a jury verdict awarding Thomas Williams $94,719.77 actual damages and $50,000.00 punitive damages for personal injuries.

Thomas Williams purchased gasoline at a Gulf Station in Houston. Robert Gory, a security guard employed by Empire Security Agency and furnished to Gulf through a contract between Gulf and Manpower, Inc., *272believed that Williams had robbed or was attempting to rob the cashier. He followed Williams to his car and shot him in the head and hand. The jury found that Gory was the borrowed employee…