Texas Supreme Court to Determine if a Shipper Owes a Duty to a Third-Party Motorist Injured by a Freight Carrier

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In re Home Depot U.S.A., Inc., ___ S.W.3d ___, 2025 WL 899848 (Tex. App. Houston [14th Dist.] 2025), argument granted on pet. for writ of mandamus (Feb. 6, 2026) [25-0317] – This case arises from an accident in which a driver hired by a freight carrier ran a red light and fatally struck a motorcyclist. The decedent’s parents sued both the freight carrier and the shipper, Home Depot, alleging negligence, negligence per se, and gross negligence….
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