Bradley v. Quality Service Tank Lines

This is a wrongful death suit brought by the surviving parent of an adult child. Pauline Bradley sought damages resulting from the death of her 25 year old daughter Rebecca Bradley Schaflander. The trial court granted Quality Service Tank Lines [Quality] and Terry L. Sivley [Sivley] a summary judgment based upon the absence of genuine issues of fact concerning Pauline Bradley’s damages. The court of appeals affirmed. 654 S.W.2d 562.

Tex.R.Civ.P. 166-A requires'a defendant who moves for judgment on an essential element of the plaintiff’s case to establish that there exists no genuine issue of…