GREATER HOUSTON TRANSP. CO. v. WILSON

No. B14-86-413CV.

725 S.W.2d 427 (1987)

GREATER HOUSTON TRANSPORTATION COMPANY, Yellow Cab Company, Houston Cab Company, Robert Moore, and Marvin Hughes, Appellants, v. Dellora WILSON, Terrye Smith Kimble, Christine MacMurphy and Louise Derr, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Houston (14th Dist.).

Rehearing Denied February 26, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jennifer Ramsey, James H. Limmer, Robert L. Ramey, Houston, for appellants.

J. Michael Coman, Pasadena, W. Allyn Hoaglund, Frances M. Smith, Dale Ledbetter, Houston, for appellees.

Before PAUL PRESSLER, MURPHY and ELLIS, JJ.


OPINION

MURPHY, Justice.

In consolidated actions appellees sued for actual and exemplary damages for their injuries sustained in a three-car accident involving a Yellow Cab driven by appellant Marvin Hughes. Appellants Greater Houston Transportation Company, Houston Cab Company, and Yellow Cab Company (the cab companies) attempted to avoid vicarious liability for Hughes's actions on the theory that he was not...

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