Vir v. Sam Lattner Distributing Co.

SAM D. JOHNSON, Justice.

This is a personal injury case arising from a rear-end collision which occurred on North Loop West in Houston, Texas during the morning rush hour traffic of October 1, 1968. Appellant, Jo Ann Bridge, was the driver of the automobile which was struck from the rear by appel-lees’ tractor-trailer. An interlocutory default judgment was entered against George Cook, Jr., the driver of the tractor-trailer, and damages were assessed in the sum of $5,000.

Trial against Sam Lattner Distributing Company and Sam Lattner individually, appellees here, was to a jury which answered all…