Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. v. Thomas

535 S.W.2d 686 (1976)

SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY, Appellant,

v.

John THOMAS et al., Appellees.

No. 986.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Corpus Christi.

Appendix Preliminary Opinion and Order November 20, 1975.

March 3, 1976.

Rehearing Denied April 22, 1976.

Russell H. McMains, Fulbright & Jaworski, Houston, for appellant.

Ernest H. Cannon, Riddle, Murphrey, O'Quinn & Cannon, Houston, for appellees.

OPINION

NYE, Chief Justice.

This suit arose as a result of a rear-end collision that occurred in Galveston County between a vehicle owned and operated by plaintiffs, John Thomas and Johnnie Mae…