Robertson v. Rig-A-Lite Company

COLEMAN, Justice.

This is a suit for damages by reason of personal injuries sustained by appellant when an oil well perforating gun, which he was rigging up at a well site, exploded. Appellant was an employee of McCullough Tool Company. Oil Production Maintenance Co., Inc., also referred to as O. P. M., was the owner of the drilling rig. In answer to special issues the jury found that the sole proximate cause of the explosion was the negligent failure of the defendant to insulate a junction box, a part of the electrical system in use at the rig, in the manufacture and assembly thereof. The…