STATE DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS & PUB. TRANSP. v. PIZANA

No. 13-89-023-CV.

776 S.W.2d 762 (1989)

STATE DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, Appellant, v. Refugio PIZANA, et al., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Corpus Christi.

August 31, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Don Morgan, William E. Williams, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., Highway Div., Austin, for appellant.

William C. Best, Jr., Roth, Sokat, Best & Ramirez, Brownsville, Roger W. Hughes, Adams & Graham, Harlingen, for appellees.

Before NYE, C.J., and KENNEDY and DORSEY, JJ.


OPINION

NYE, Justice.

This appeal arose from a motor vehicle accident in which Eduardo Pizana was killed. The Pizanas filed suit against the State Department of Highways and Public Transportation (the State Department). The State Department filed a third-party action against the estate of the driver, Eliberto Garza, Jr. for contribution and indemnity. The estate of Garza moved for summary judgment and the trial court granted it. The appeal concerns the summary...

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