HOUSTON – The law firm Hilliard Martinez Gonzalez LLP in Corpus Christi has filed a lawsuit on behalf of a Williamson County family whose patriarch perished on the job last November from a “severe and fatal diabetic complication.”
The 11-page lawsuit, which was filed on Jan. 25 in the Harris County 190th District Court, faults Legacy Directional Drilling, LLC for failing to properly monitor the late William Cody Laird while he worked on a rig at its jobsite in Upton County on Nov. 20, 2018.
Laird, who was married with three minor children, suffered from Type I diabetes and managed his condition on a daily basis with two types of insulin. Legacy purportedly knew about the disease and its adverse effects on the decedent “yet made the decision to continue to work him.”
“Cody’s strenuous work conditions and long work hours for roughly a week prior to his death aggravated his diabetic condition, ultimately leading to his death,” court documents say.
According to the suit, Laird was found dead in a Legacy-owned bunk house bathroom.
Consequently, his family and estate seek unspecified monetary damages and a jury trial.
Harris County 190th District Court Case No. 2019-06133