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KNUTSON v. MORTON FOODS, INC.

No. B-8540.

603 S.W.2d 805 (1980)

Wilma KNUTSON et vir, Petitioners, v. MORTON FOODS, INC., Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Rehearing Denied September 12, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Schleider & Ewing, Richard W. Ewing, Houston, for petitioners.

Vial, Hamilton, Koch, Tubb, Knox & Stradley, Fred S. Stradley and Edwin E. Wright, III, Dallas, for respondent.

POPE, Justice.

Wilma Knutson and her husband, Lonnie, sued Jack Chastain and his wife, Dorothy, for damages arising out of an automobile collision between vehicles driven by Mrs. Knutson and Mrs. Chastain. The Knutsons also sued Morton Foods, Inc., relying on the theory of respondeat superior. The Knutsons settled with the Chastains for the sum of $10,000 but expressly reserved their cause of action against Morton Foods. The trial court then granted Morton...

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