Legal Opinion
King v. Dallas Fire Insurance Co.
Texas Supreme Court
Decided August 29, 2002No. 00-1152PublishedCited by 223 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Enoch
Both Dallas Fire Insurance Company and Carlyle King, individually, and doing business as Tiedown Construction Company, have filed motions for rehearing. We deny Dallas Fire’s motion, but grant King’s motion. We withdraw our opinion and judgment dated May 30, 2002, and substitute the following in its place.
In an underlying lawsuit, Greg Jankow-iak sued King for injuries he received when one of King’s employees attacked him. In addition to a claim of respondeat superior, Jankowiak also sued King directly for negligent hiring, training, and supervision. In this case, King seeks to enforce the…
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