Pope v. Stephenson

OPINION

WOODARD, Justice.

This is an appeal from a take nothing judgment by the Plaintiffs below. We affirm.

Stephenson, while driving the company’s tractor-trailer rig, was propelled into the median wall of a Dallas County highway after experiencing a trailer wheel spring disseverance. The daughter of the Appellants fatally collided with the rear of the rig that remained on the roadway in the dark, pre-dawn morning of September 22, 1983.

Appellants charged Stephenson with failure to take adequate safety precautions after stopping, such as placing flares or other warning devices behind the…