Lofton v. Texas Brine Corp.

DOGGETT, Justice.

Petitioner, Andrew K. Lofton sued Texas Brine Corporation and its employee Morris Wayne Johnson for personal injuries he received in a collision between the pick-up truck he was driving and a loaded eighteen-wheel semi-tractor-trailer rig driven by Johnson in the course and scope of his employment. The trial court rendered judgment on a jury verdict favorable to Lofton. The court of appeals held the evidence was factually insufficient to support the jury’s finding that Johnson’s negligence was a proximate cause of the accident. 751 S.W.2d 197. We hold that the court of…