Sanchez v. Billings

BARRON, Justice.

This is a wrongful death action brought by the surviving wife, parents and three children of Florentino Rivera Sanchez. The decedent died as a result of burns and injuries suffered in a May 2, 1967 collision between his pickup truck and an oil company tank truck driven by the defendant. On the basis of a jury verdict judgment was rendered that plaintiffs take nothing and plaintiffs now appeal to this Court seeking to overturn the judgment below.

At approximately 9:00 o’clock on the evening of May 2, 1967, the decedent was driving in a southerly direction on East Houston Road, a…