State Department of Highways & Public Transportation v. Hardy

MOORE, Justice.

This is an appeal from an order sustaining the pleas of privilege of multiple defendants from which appellant perfected two separate appeals. We have concluded that the appeal perfected in Cause No. 1336 should be consolidated with the appeal in the present case and it is so ordered.

Plaintiffs, the wife and children of Raymond Hardy, deceased, brought suit in the district court of San Augustine County against multiple defendants seeking a recovery under the wrongful death statute. As grounds for a cause of action, plaintiffs alleged that the defendants, who were engaged in…