Powell v. Tanner

OPINION

FABE, Chief Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

These consolidated petitions for review arise out of an automobile accident which occurred when Laura H. Tanner changed lanes and her automobile collided with Vicky Ravijojla Powell's automobile. Tanner was driving a Hertz rental car and was working for Harcourt Brace & Co. at the time of the accident. The trial court granted summary judgment dismissing Powell's vicarious liability claims against Harcourt. The trial court also struck thirty-seven witnesses from Powell's final witness list who had not been named as witnesses until after the close of…