Garvey v. Vawter

OPINION

BURGESS, Justice.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment on the pleadings. No supporting affidavits were filed. Appellant filed suit alleging that appellee negligently left the keys to her parked automobile in the ignition, that a thief then stole the automobile and drove it into appellant’s place of business to his damage. The trial court granted appellee’s motion for summary judgment on the pleadings on the grounds that, as a matter of law, appellee’s actions cannot be the proximate cause of appellant’s damages. Appellant’s single point of error states that the trial court erred in…