Monte Christo Drilling Co. v. Crossland

OPINION

SHARPE, Justice.

This appeal is from a judgment rendered after jury trial in favor of plaintiff-appel-lee in the total amount of $27,428.52, out of which $7,907.70 was awarded to Highlands Insurance Company, the workmen’s com*364pensation carrier for L & W Tong Service, Inc., the employer of appellee Crossland.

Appellee Crossland sued appellant Monte Christo Drilling Corporation for damages on account of personal injuries allegedly sustained by him arising out of an oil field accident on March 30, 1968. On that date Monte Christo was drilling a well in Kle-berg County, southeast of…