De Leon Torres v. Johns

OPINION

DORSEY, Justice.

This appeal from orders granting summary judgments raises the issue of when, and under what circumstances, the statute of limitations is tolled. The appellant, plaintiff below, was injured in an automobile accident. Defendant Donald Harvey Johns was the driver of a tractor-trailer rig which collided with appellant. Appellee O.B.I.-Hughes, Inc., employed Johns and owned the rig at the time of the accident. O.B.I.-Hughes has since merged into appel-lee Hughes Tool Company. The trial court held that the causes of action against the individual appellee and the two appellee…