MK Hall Company v. Caballero

WALTER, Justice.

Carlos Caballero filed suit against Johnnie Saunders and M. K. Hall Company, a partnership composed of M. K. Hall and Keith Hall, for personal injuries. The plaintiff’s damages were alleged to have been sustained by him as a result of a collision between his car and the rear end of Hall’s truck, which was parked on the paved portion of the highway at night without lights. Saunders was the truck driver.

The jury found that Saunders was acting within the course of his employment for Hall Company at the time of the collision; that Saunders was under the influence of intoxicating…