Legal Opinion
Sims v. Western Waste Industries
Texas Court of Appeals, 9th District (Beaumont)
Decided May 3, 1996No. 09-94-223 CVPublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BURGESS, Justice.
David Sims appeals from a summary judgment in favor of Western Waste Industries. Sims was an employee of Western Waste Industries of Texas, Inc., (WWIT) a Texas corporation, when he injured his leg on the job. Sims worked as a “bumper” on a garbage truck that collected residential trash. Sims filed suit against Amrep, Inc., the manufacturer of the truck, and Western Waste Industries, Inc. (WWI), a California corporation and the parent corporation of WWIT. Both Amrep and WWI were allegedly involved in the design, manufacture and marketing of the truck involved in Sims’…
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