Freudiger v. Keller

OPINION

Opinion by

Justice BEN Z. GRANT (Retired).

On November 23, 1999, Terry Freudiger was driving in Marshall, Texas, when he rear-ended a commercial delivery truck being driven by Jonathan Wesley Keller for Grocery Supply Company. In a single point of error, Terry Freudiger and wife, Michelle Freudiger, appeal the trial court’s denial of the Freudigers’ request to submit a special instruction to the jury regarding negligence per se. The jury’s findings have not been challenged on appeal.

We review the denial of a requested instruction for abuse of discretion. Louisiana-Pacific Corp. v.…