Big MacK Trucking Company, Inc. v. Dickerson
Texas Supreme Court
1Opinion of the Court
SAM D. JOHNSON, Justice.
The wife and children of Willie Lee Dickerson have recovered damages for his wrongful death in an action against his employer, Big Mack Trucking Company, Inc. The court of civil appeals affirmed. 482 S.W.2d 1. We reverse.
Willie Dickerson and Ormand Leday were employees of Big Mack. Each was driving a truck-tractor pulling a flatbed trailer loaded with sheet steel across Texas from Eagle Pass to Arp. Both trucks stopped in Waco. Leday parked his truck fifteen to eighteen feet behind Dickerson’s. Leday left his vehicle unattended. Dickerson got out of his truck and was…
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