Dieter v. Baker Service Tools, a Division of Baker International, Inc.

OPINION

UTTER, Justice.

Dieter brought an action against Baker for personal injuries which he received when allegedly assaulted by two Baker employees, Welch and Fox. The trial court granted Baker’s motion for summary judgment. We affirm in part and reverse and remand in part.

The summary judgment evidence established that Baker is in the oil field tool supply business and employed Welch as its district manager. Welch was Fox’s supervisor.

Dieter, a seventy-three-year-old man, had allegedly beaten Welch’s fourteen-year-old son, whom Dieter thought was prowling in his neighborhood early one…