SOUTH AUSTIN DRIVE-IN THEATRE v. THOMISON

No. 11534.

421 S.W.2d 933 (1967)

SOUTH AUSTIN DRIVE-IN THEATRE et al., Appellants, v. Michael D. THOMISON, a minor et al., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Austin.

Rehearing Denied December 13, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clark, Thomas, Harris, Denius & Winters, Donald S. Thomas, John Coates, Mary Joe Carroll, Long, Aronson & Coleman, Tom Long, Dean Moorhead, Austin, for appellants.

Paul D. Jones, Byrd, Davis, Eisenberg & Clark, L. Tonnett Byrd, Tom H. Davis, Don L. Davis, Austin, for appellees.


O'QUINN, Justice.

This is a tort action for damages growing out of personal injuries to Michael D. Thomison, a six-year-old boy, whose left leg was severed by the rotary blade of a riding power mower.

Plaintiffs in district court were Michael and his father, Leland C. Thomison. Defendants were Edward W. Joseph, doing business as South Austin Drive-In Theatre; Lester L. Kotrla, an employee of the theatre who was operator of the mower when the injury occurred...

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