Morris v. Southwestern Bell Telephone Co.

Jack Holt, Jr., Chief Justice.

Appellant Louise Morris contends that the trial court erred in directing verdicts in favor of the appellees, Welton and Ulysses Davis, and in denying her motion for new trial as to all parties. We find no error and affirm.

In 1981 Southwestern Bell Telephone Company (Bell) entered a “Unit Cost Contract of a Continuing Nature” with Welton Davis, Jr., and Lawrence Davis d/b/a Luco Construction Company (Luco), whereby Luco was to do excavation and backfilling of telephone line trenches for Bell. During the summer of 1983, Ulysses Davis, an employee of Luco acting…