Landers v. BF Goodrich Company
Texas Supreme Court
1Opinion of the Court
WALKER, Justice.
The question to be decided in this case is whether a final judgment in a wrongful death action always bars a subsequent suit by the personal representative of the decedent against the same defendant for the recovery of funeral expenses and property damage resulting from the accident which caused the decedent’s death. Guinn E. Lan-ders and his wife, Feme Landers, lost their lives when the automobile in which they were riding collided with a vehicle operated by Robert B. Bohanon, who was the employee of and acting in the scope of his employment for B. F. Goodrich Company at the…
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