J. A. Robinson Sons, Inc. v. Ellis

DENTON, Chief Justice.

This opinion is submitted in lieu of our opinion announced November 21, 1966.

Mary Francis Ellis and her three minor children brought this suit against J. A. Robinson Sons, Inc. and Bowden Construction Company, Inc., for the wrongful death of Joseph Henry Ellis, their husband and father, respectively. Ellis’ death occurred on September 21, 1964, when a cable broke causing the “tail chain” attached to the cable to strike Ellis while employees of Robinson and Bowden were moving an 80-ton compressor unit from a “low-boy” truck. U. S. Fidelity & Guaranty Co., the workmen’s…