Stringer v. Central Freight Lines, Inc.

OPINION

DUGGAN, Justice.

This is an appeal from an order sustaining pleas of privilege. Paul Moody Stringer, III, sued Central Freight Lines, Inc., and its driver, Joseph Flores, for damages to Stringer’s automobile resulting from a collision with a Central Freight company truck on a Houston freeway. Both defendants filed pleas of privilege to be sued in their respective counties of residence, and the plaintiff filed his controverting plea.

The trial court sustained the defendants’ pleas at both a hearing and a rehearing on *907the matter and entered its order transferring venue of the entire case…