ORDONEZ v. M.W. McCURDY & CO., INC.

No. 01-97-00180-CV.

984 S.W.2d 264 (1998)

Robert ORDONEZ and Eloisa Ordonez, Individually and as Next Friends of Rebecca Ordonez, Rocky Ordonez, Juana Ordonez, and Genesis Ordonez, Minors, Appellants, v. M.W. McCURDY & CO., INC. and Arthur Lynn Johnson, Appellees.

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

August 13, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey Warren Hitt, Houston, for appellants.

Marcus R. Tucker, Houston, for appellees.

Before MIRABAL, WILSON and TAFT, JJ.


Published in Part Pursuant to Tex. R. App. P. 90.

OPINION

TAFT, Justice.

This appeal arises from an automobile accident in which appellants' van was struck from behind by appellees' truck. The trial court entered a take-nothing judgment after the jury found no negligence on the part of either driver. We address: (1) whether violation of the traffic statute prohibiting drivers from following other vehicles at an unsafe distance constitutes negligence...

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