Court of Appeals of Texas March 29, 1973, No. 631 (Birmingham v. Gulf Oil Corp.)

OPINION

NYE, Chief Justice.

This is a wrongful death action. Birdie Irene Birmingham, the surviving widow of Hope Birmingham, brought suit against a number of defendants to recover damages for the death of her husband who received injuries resulting in his death when a crane owned by Gulf Oil Corporation fell from a drilling platform located in the Gulf of Mexico offshore from Mustang Island.