SONNIER v. RAMSEY

No. 15214.

424 S.W.2d 684 (1968)

Dale L. SONNIER, Appellant, v. Ray RAMSEY, Individually and d/b/a Ramsey Truck Lines, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Houston (1st Dist.).

Rehearing Denied March 7, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nipper & Knox, James E. Knox, Houston, for appellant.

Alice Giessel, Houston, Talbert, Giessel, Barnett & Stone, Houston, of counsel, for appellee.


PEDEN, Justice.

Plaintiff was a "side-rider" or passenger in an ambulance that ran into the side of a large truck in an intersection as the truck was going east on Market Street on a green traffic light. The ambulance had entered the intersection going south on Federal Road on a red traffic light, and each vehicle had been proceeding straight ahead. The trial judge ruled that the ambulance was on an authorized emergency trip at the time.

A take-nothing judgment...

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