Glasgow v. Floors, Inc. of Texas

WILLIAMS, Justice.

Mrs. Sybil Glasgow, while walking across a street in the City of Dallas, was knocked down and injured by an automobile owned and driven by Forrest Franklin Stegall. Mrs. Glasgow, a feme sole, filed suit for personal injuries against Stegall and also against his general employer, Floors, Inc. of Texas, and also Texas Instruments, Inc., in whose plant Stegall worked under a contract between Floors, Inc. of Texas and Texas Instruments, Inc. Recovery was sought against the corporate defendants on the theory of respondeat superior. It was undisputed that at the time of the…