Donnie Thoreson, Petitioner v. D. F. Thompson, Respondent

Summary

The Texas Supreme Court reversed the Court of Civil Appeals and remanded for a new trial, holding that there was sufficient circumstantial evidence of negligence and proximate cause linking the defendant's truck to the wheat fire, and that the plaintiff's fire insurer was a necessary party under Tex. Civ. Proc. Rule 39. Justice Griffin dissented, arguing no negligence was established.