SVS Corp. v. Boyles

OPINION

TIREY, Justice.

The action is one for damages resulting from an auto-pedestrian accident. Plaintiff, Boyles, was crossing a street in downtown Houston and his right foot was run over by the left rear wheel of a delivery truck owned by SVS Corporation, and which was being driven by appellant’s employee, Emmett Bolden in the discharge of his duties. The jury, in its verdict, found that appellant’s driver was guilty of negligence in the following particulars: (1) In failing to keep a proper lookout; (2) In failing to yield the right-of-way; and that each act of negligence was a proximate…