Williams v. Kidwell General Motors Corp.

OPINION

LANGDON, Justice.

This is a suit under the Wrongful Death Act of the State of Texas, brought by the parents of the decedent, Rickey Joe Williams, a minor, who was killed while riding as a passenger on a motorcycle driven by Harold Charles Volking, which was struck by a pickup truck driven by defendant, Harold Henry, hereinafter called Henry. The case was tried to a jury. It found in answer to Special Issues Nos. 7, 8 and 9, respectively, that Henry failed to keep a proper lookout while acting within the scope and course of his employment, that such action was negligent and was the…