Fowler v. Garcia

OPINION

TIJERINA, Justice.

Appellee filed this suit seeking damages for injuries sustained in an automobile collision. He was a passenger in a van driven by Henry Idar which was struck by a police patrol car driven by appellant, Clyde C. Fowler, while Idar was making a left turn. Appellants filed a cross-action against Idar and appellee on the theory of negligence. The jury found that Idar and appellant Fowler were negligent and that their negligence was the proximate cause of the collision and the injuries suffered by appellee; damages in the total sum of $30,840.50 were awarded. Negligence…