Legal Opinion
Anthony Brinker and Kelley Brinker v. Jimmy Evans Company, Ltd.
Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)
Decided April 25, 2012No. 07-11-00044-CVPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
BRIAN QUINN, Chief Justice.
Anthony Brinker and his wife Kelly (the Brinkers) appeal from a judgment denying them recovery against Jimmy Evans, individually and d/b/a Jimmy Evans Company, Ltd. (collectively referred to as Evans). The former sued the latter to recover damages for injuries sustained after an eighteen-wheeler tractor trailer driven by Anthony Brinker fell off a road into a caliche pit. In seeking to reverse that judgment, the Brinkers contend that the trial court erred in 1) granting a directed verdict on their claims of negligence, negligence per se, negligent hiring,…
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