Supreme Court of Texas
MISSION PETROLEUM CARRIERS, INC. v. SOLOMON, 01-0292
The court will not impose a common-law duty of reasonable care on employers who conduct in-house urine specimen collection pursuant to Department of Transportation (DOT) regulations.
Appellate Information
- Argued 01/30/2002
- Decided 05/15/2003
- Published 05/15/2003
Judges
- Justice JEFFERSON delivered the opinion of the Court with respect to Parts I, II, III-C, IV & V, joined by Chief Justice PHILLIPS, Justice HECHT, Justice ENOCH, Justice OWEN, Justice O'NEILL, and Justice WAINWRIGHT, and an opinion with respect to Parts III-A, III-B & III-D, joined by Justice HECHT, Justice OWEN, and Justice WAINWRIGHT.
Court
- Supreme Court of Texas
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Cliff Harrison, Andrew McCord Gilchrist, Harrison, Bettis & Staff, L.L.P., David M. Gunn, Beck Redden & Secrest, L.L.P., Roger Townsend, Russell S. Post, Hogan Dubose & Townsend, L.L.P., Houston, William Powers, Jr., The University of Texas School of Law, Austin, for petitioner.
- For Appellees:
- Joe Greer, Douglas Paul Greer, Greer & Greer, Tommy L. Yeates, Moore Landrey Garth Jones Burmeister & Hulett, Beaumont, Julie A. Ford, Bell Turney Coogan & Richards, LLP, Austin, for respondent.