Legal Opinion
Collins v. Gladden
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided March 18, 1971No. 7222PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEPHENSON, Justice.
This is an action for damages brought by the parents to recover for the death of their 18-year-old son. He was killed in a collision between a pick-up truck he was driving and a log truck driven by defendant, Robert Collins. Trial was by jury and judgment was for plaintiffs against all three defendants. The parties will be referred to here as they were in the trial court.
Plaintiffs sued Robert Collins as the driver of the log truck and as acting in the course and scope of his employment by defendants Lloyd Vann and/or Carl Williams, d/b/a Williams Lumber Company. The…
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