Case Name: TEXAS PIPE BENDING COMPANY, Petitioner, v. Anson C. GIBBS, Respondent
Court: Supreme Court of Texas
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1979-07-18
Citations: 584 S.W.2d 702
Docket Number: No. B-8488
Parties: TEXAS PIPE BENDING COMPANY, Petitioner, v. Anson C. GIBBS, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 584
Pages: 702–703

Head Matter:
TEXAS PIPE BENDING COMPANY, Petitioner, v. Anson C. GIBBS, Respondent.
No. B-8488.
Supreme Court of Texas.
July 18, 1979.
Teeter, Woodward & Bazelides, Michael W. Melton, Bellaire, for petitioner.
Morgan, Dudensing, Webb, Tullís & Jensen, Kurt Arbuckle, Houston, for respondent.

Opinion:
ON APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF ERROR
PER CURIAM.
This is a personal injury suit brought by Anson Gibbs to recover for damages sustained when he fell from a truck on the premises of Texas Pipe Bending Company. Judgment was rendered for Gibbs based upon the jury's verdict, and the judgment was affirmed by the court of civil appeals. 580 S.W.2d 41.
Petitioner's point of error attacks the submission of the instruction on res ipsa loquitur because of the failure of Gibbs' pleadings to properly advise petitioner of the intent to rely on the doctrine. Our action should, therefore, not be interpreted as approving the applicability of the res ipsa loquitur doctrine to the facts of this case.
The application for writ of error is refused, no reversible error.