Delta Tire Corp. v. Lloyd

OPINION

OSBORN, Justice.

This is a venue case. Suit was brought by Appellee against Appellant to recover damages for personal injuries sustained as a result of an accident which occurred while the Appellee was installing a new tire on a tire rim. The trial Court overruled the Appellant’s plea of privilege. The judgment of the trial Court is reversed and the case ordered transferred to Harris County, Texas.

The original petition alleged that Appel-lee was installing and inflating a new tire, manufactured by the Appellant, for a customer at a service station when the tire suddenly and unexpectedly…