Knutson v. Morton Foods, Inc.

603 S.W.2d 805 (1980)

Wilma KNUTSON et vir, Petitioners,

v.

MORTON FOODS, INC., Respondent.

No. B-8540.

Supreme Court of Texas.

July 23, 1980.

Rehearing Denied September 12, 1980.

Schleider & Ewing, Richard W. Ewing, Houston, for petitioners.

Vial, Hamilton, Koch, Tubb, Knox & Stradley, Fred S. Stradley and Edwin E. Wright, III, Dallas, for respondent.

POPE, Justice.

Wilma Knutson and her husband, Lonnie, sued Jack Chastain and his wife, Dorothy, for damages arising out of an automobile collision between vehicles driven by Mrs. Knutson and Mrs. Chastain. The Knutsons also sued Morton Foods, Inc.,…