Mrs. Patricia Biggers (betty Jo Epps Groce), Petitioners v. Continental Bus System, Inc. (mrs…

Summary

The Texas Supreme Court affirmed the Court of Civil Appeals, holding that the bus driver’s negligence—failure to keep a proper lookout, failure to apply brakes, and excessive speed—was not a proximate cause of the collision, and therefore the Continental Bus System was not liable. The dissent argued the majority erred in nullifying the jury’s findings of proximate cause and would reverse and remand.