Legal Opinion
Lee v. Continental Trailways
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided March 8, 1978No. 19399PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AKIN, Justice.
Appellant, Lucille Lee, as sole survivor of decedent Andrew Lee, instituted this wrongful death action against Continental Trailways for negligently ejecting Lee from a bus upon which he was a passenger. About an hour after he was ejected, Lee apparently was struck and killed by another vehicle near the same location. Continental Trailways asserted that Lee was ejected because he was creating a disturbance, thus causing the bus driver to fear for the safety of the other passengers. The bus company also alleged that Lee was contributorily negligent in walking upon the roadway.…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- McAfee v. Travis Gas Corp.Texas Supreme Court · 1941
- Douglass v. Panama, Inc.Texas Supreme Court · 1974
- City of Dallas v. JacksonTexas Supreme Court · 1970
- Perales v. Braslau's Furniture CompanyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1973
- Smith v. ChaseCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1966
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Raw Hide Oil & Gas, Inc. v. Maxus Exploration Co., Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)1988
- ITT Commercial Finance Corp. v. Riehn, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)1990
- G. Richard Goins Construction Co. v. S.B. McLaughlin Associates,Inc., Texas Court of Appeals, 12th District (Tyler)1996
- Hooper v. Torres, Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)1990
- Cynthia Hall Urbach, George I. Urbach, Jr., Veronica Shadrock and the Estate of George I. Urbach, Sr., Deceased v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1989
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