City of Denton v. Mathes

OPINION

SPURLOCK, Justice.

Cornelius Holden, as next friend for his daughter, Dorothy Holden, brought suit against Pargas, Inc., for damages for personal injuries resulting from a collision between a motorcycle on which she was riding as a passenger and a truck being driven by an employee of Pargas at an intersection in the City of Denton, Texas, where the traffic was controlled by a traffic control system of lights installed and operated by the City of Denton.

Pargas, as third party plaintiff, sued the City of Denton, charging negligence of the City of Denton in its operation of the traf fic…