Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. v. General Cable Industries, Inc.

OPINION

McCLURE, Justice.

Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, Appellant, (SWBT) appeals from a summary judgment rendered in favor of General Cable Industries, Inc., Appellee (General Cable). General Cable, as cross-appellant, appeals from a summary judgment granted in favor of cross-appellee, Davis Fleet Maintenance, Inc. (Davis Fleet). We reverse summary judgment granted in favor of General Cable; we affirm summary judgment granted in favor of Davis Fleet.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL SUMMARY

On January 20, 1995, a device known as a braking bar fell from a SWBT truck traveling on Interstate 10 in El…