Garcia v. City of Houston

OPINION

OSBORN, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a take-nothing judgment based upon a jury finding that the driver of a city vehicle was not acting in the scope of his employment at the time of the accident. Except for that one finding, all other issues were answered favorably for the two plaintiffs who are the Appellants in this case. We affirm.

There is little dispute as to the facts which control the disposition of this case on appeal. In July 1985, Pamela Adams was driving her car east on Almeda-Genoa Road in Houston, with Connie Garcia as a passenger. Their vehicle was struck by a…