United Southern Assurance Co. v. Beard

Tom Glaze, Justice.

Appellee Harold Beard owned a Freight-liner tractor-trailer which was being driven by his employee, Mary Sodorff, when a multiple collision occurred on Interstate 20 near Roscoe, Texas on September 5, 1991. Beard was in the sleeper of the cab at the time. Sodorff apparently lost control of the tractor-trailer, skidded sideways and collided with a guardrail and bridge support and came to rest at a right angle to the highway. Then another tractor-trailer struck Beard’s trailer, separating it from Beard’s tractor-trailer. Finally, an automobile collided with the Beard trailer.…