Warren Petroleum Company v. Lacy S. Thomasson

JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge.

Texas Highway Patrolman Lacy Thomasson sped through the night at 105 miles per hour pursuing a law violator. His patrol car hit a pickup truck, rolled over once, and he walked away from the wreckage. For his injuries he recovered a verdict of $16,500.

Warren Petroleum Company, the Defendant-Appellant-pickup truck owner, appeals as to (1) the Court’s charge on negligence per se resulting from a statutory violation by Warren, and (2) the admission into evidence of Highway Patrolman Majors’ statement to Warren’s superintendent that Warren should assume liability.

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