Robertson Tank Lines, Inc. v. Stinson

COLEMAN, Chief Justice.

This is a rear end collision case. The trial court entered a judgment for the plaintiff after disregarding the answers made by the jury finding the plaintiff guilty of contributory negligence.

The occurrence from which this suit arose was a collision involving a tank truck driven by Tommy Lamar Baxley and owned by appellant, a pickup truck driven by Wallace C. Stinson, and a pickup truck driven by B. J. Norman, Jr. Stinson was traveling east on Hempstead Highway approaching the City of Houston, Texas, in the lane next to the center stripe on said highway. He testified…