City of Dallas v. Pierson

DIXON, Chief Justice.

Appellants City of Dallas and R. J. Range have appealed from a judgment against them in a damage suit filed by appellee George Pierson, who was injured when he was struck by a bus owned by the City and being operated by its employee, Range. The City owns the Dallas Transit System, a public transportation facility.

Aetna Casualty & Surety Company intervened seeking to recoup the sum of $12,-016.79, the amount of workmen’s compensation benefits paid to Pierson.

A jury found that (1) Range failed to keep a proper lookout, (2) which failure was a proximate cause of the…