Legal Opinion
City of Amarillo v. Martin
Texas Supreme Court
Decided June 5, 1998No. 96-0123Published
1Opinion of the Court 1
971 S.W.2d 426 (1998)
CITY OF AMARILLO, Petitioner,
v.
Erica Shae MARTIN, Respondent.
No. 96-0123.
Supreme Court of Texas.
Argued October 9, 1997.
Decided June 5, 1998.
Merril E. Nunn, Amarillo, for Petitioner.
Glynn C. Turquand, Brian Douglas Walters, San Antonio, for Respondent.
2Opinion of the Court · EnochEnoch, Justice
Firefighter Brent Clark collided with two vehicles while driving a City of Amarillo fire truck on an emergency call. We must decide whether the City, Clark's employer, may be liable to Erica Martin, the driver of one of the other vehicles, for Clark's simple negligence. The trial court said yes. So did the court of appeals.…
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