Hernandez v. Southern Pacific Transportation Co.

OPINION

KENNEDY, Justice.

This is a personal injury suit based on allegations of both negligence and strict liability in tort. Appellant was employed by Southern Pacific Transport Company of Texas & Louisiana (Southern Pacific) as a “city driver.” Southern Pacific, a trucking company, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Southern Pacific Transportation Company (commonly known as the Southern Pacific Railroad, which will be referred to herein as “the railroad”), appellee in this Court. (While Southern Pacific is a wholly owned subsidiary of the railroad, it is a distinct and separate corporate…