BURKE v. UNION CITY TRANSFER

No. 8688.

623 S.W.2d 150 (1981)

Bobby D. BURKE, Appellant, v. UNION CITY TRANSFER, Harold Lewis Pond, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Beaumont.

Rehearing Denied October 29, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ron Etzel and Michael Hay, Pasadena, for appellant.

John H. Benckenstein, Beaumont, for appellees.


DIES, Chief Justice.

Plaintiff below, Bobby D. Burke, was a passenger in an automobile driven by Donald J. Lancaster, when the automobile struck the rear end of a truck owned by Union City Transfer and operated by Harold Lewis Pond. The truck was parked on Farm Road 565 in Chambers County, Texas. Burke sued both Lancaster and Pond, and a jury found Lancaster 47 percent negligent, Burke 23 percent, and Pond 30 percent. The trial court gave defendants below a judgment...

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