In re J.B. Hunt Transport, Inc.

Lanes are ubiquitous in our society. On any given day, Americans pedal along bike lanes, hurl balls down bowling lanes, and take aim in gun-range shooting lanes. This is a case about traffic and jurisdictional lanes.

A J.B. Hunt' tractor-trailer' traveling on I-10 in Waller County struck a disabled vehicle that had entered the tractor-trailer’s lane: The vehicle’s occupants were injured,’ and one ultimately died. J.B. Hunt sued the occupants in Waller County to recover property-damage costs. Ten days later, the occupants sued J.B. Hunt in Dallas County to recover personal-injury damages. J.B.…