Gulf Oil Corp. v. Senkirik

RALEIGH BROWN, Justice.

This is a venue case. Doyle Wayne Sen-kirik and Phyllis Senkirik, parents of Doyle Wayne Senkirik, Jr., sued Gulf Oil Corporation and Grady Thompson, who sold Gulf Products in Brown County, asserting negligence and strict liability, seeking recovery of damages for the death of their son as a result of a fatal burning received in Brown County. Grady Thompson was dismissed from the lawsuit. Gulf Oil Corporation, a foreign corporation with its principal place of business in Houston, filed a plea of privilege which was controverted by plaintiffs, asserting Subdivisions 23…