Second Court of Appeals

Summaries of Civil Opinions and Published Criminal Opinions Issued - Week of October 11, 2021.

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EAN Holdings, LLC v. Arce, No. 02-20-00217-CV (Oct. 14, 2021) (Sudderth, C.J., joined by Bassel, J.; Walker, J., dissents with opinion).

Held:  There was no evidence that Appellant’s employee was acting in the course and scope of his employment when he had a wreck while driving a company vehicle on his way home from work.

Dissent: The reasonable inferences arising from the direct and circumstantial evidence were legally sufficient to support the jury’s finding that Appellant’s employee was in the course and scope of his employment when he hit Appellee’s car.