When an owner of a tractor trailer leases his vehicle to another driver, the owner may be held liable for the negligence of the driver under the theory of negligent entrustment. Texas recognizes a cause of action for negligent entrustment...
Some trucking companies use shell companies to hold their assets such as real estate and their trucking fleet and then lease them to the U.S. DOT licensed "trucking" company which is nothing more than a dispatching entity. These trucking companies...
