Allstates Transworld Vanlines, Inc. v. Southwestern Bell Telephone Co.

PUDLOWSKI, Judge.

Appellant, Allstates Transworld Vanlines, Ine. (Allstates) sued Respondent, Southwestern Bell Telephone Company (SWBT), for damages resulting from the interruption of its telephone service. As a result of a delinquent account, SWBT suspended Allstates’ telephone service at various intervals from September 1982 to February 1983. All-states’ theory of liability, as enumerated in its petition, was grounded in the contention that SWBT had violated tariffs approved by the Public Service Commission (Commission). The jury found SWBT liable for wrongful termination of the Allstates’…