Texas High Court Majority Reverses Judgment On Vicarious Liability Crash Suit

(April 16, 2018, 2:23 PM EDT) -- AUSTIN, Texas — A majority of the Texas Supreme Court on April 13 reversed a trial court’s decision to grant summary judgment to a company contracted to conduct drilling on a land after finding that the company was vicariously liable for a car crash that killed two people and injured another two because the accident happened on the way back from work and the driver was being paid to drive the crew home from the work site (Steven Painter, et al. v. Amerimex Drilling I. LTD., No. 16-0120, Texas Sup., 2018 Tex. LEXIS 310)....

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