Wheeler v. Nailling

CORNELIUS, Justice.

This is a venue case. Appellees, John and Deborah Lynn Nailling, sued Robert Joe Flynn and appellant, Jackie Coleman Wheeler, for damages resulting from an automobile-truck collision which occurred in Red River County. The petition alleged that Flynn negligently drove a loaded gravel truck into the appellees’ automobile. Liability of Wheeler was based upon allegations that he owned the gravel truck and that Flynn was his employee acting within the scope of his employment at the time the collision occurred. Flynn and Wheeler both filed pleas of privilege to be sued in Lamar…