Legal Opinion
Walters v. Allways Auto Group, Ltd.
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided January 14, 2016No. NUMBER 13-15-00329-CVPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Opinion by
Justice Rodriguez
Appellant Steven Walters brought a negligence action' against William John Heyden to recover damages for personal injuries arising out of an automobile collision.1 Walters then sued appellee Allways Auto Group, Ltd. d/b/a Atascosa Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram (“Allways”) for negligently entrusting Heyden with the vehicle involved.in the accident. Allways filed a traditional motion for summary judgment, arguing that Heyden’s actions served as an unforeseeable superseding cause that removed Allways from the chain of proximate causation as a matter of law. The trial…
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