Heard v. Moore

OPINION

Opinion by

Chief Justice MORRISS.

Walterine Heard appeals a summary judgment granted to Billy Moore, The Pool Company, and Pool Energy Services Company. In two points of error, Heard contends the trial court should not have granted summary judgment in favor of Appellees because (1) res judicata does not apply to parties whose claim was severed from the case on which the final judgment was based, and (2) the trial court received no evidence regarding the accident on which Heard’s claim was based.

Factual and Procedural Background

On January 14, 1998, James Ronan Nelson and Moore were…