Brown & Root, Inc. v. Gragg

PEDEN, Justice.

Suit for damages for the injuries to and the death of James B. Gragg in an explosion at the Rezloff Chemical Company-on August 9, 1965. The suit was brought by the widow, Sharon Lee Gragg, individually and as next friend of her three minor children, against the appellant, Brown & Root, Inc., the Ohio Injector Co., Pfaudler Co., Crane Packing Co., Southern Engine & Pump Co. and Gould Pumps, Inc. Appellee United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. filed an intervention to recover benefits paid under the Workmen’s Compensation Act.

Brown & Root built the Retzloff plant and had not yet…