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STANDARD FRUIT AND VEG. CO. v. JOHNSON

No. 97-0976.

985 S.W.2d 62 (1998)

STANDARD FRUIT AND VEGETABLE CO., INC., Bright Truck Leasing Corporation, and James William Marshall, Petitioners, v. Rueben C. JOHNSON, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided December 31, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Catherine B. Smith, John H. Boswell, Terry M. Womac, Marie R. Yeates, Raymond A. Just, Houston, for Petitioners.

Frank W. Mitchell, Shelton Smith, Jonathan Erik Axelrad, Houston, for Respondent.

PHILLIPS, Chief Justice.

In this case, we again explore the parameters of the tort of intentional infliction of emotional distress. A truck driver drove a tractor-trailer rig into a parade, killing one participant and injuring two others. Another participant, Rueben C. Johnson, was not himself struck, but witnessed the accident. Johnson brought this suit for emotional distress against the truck driver, the driver's employer, and the lessor of the rig (the "Defendants...

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