Sec. 7.002. DUTIES OF CONNECTING CARRIER. Each connecting carrier that transports freight is:
(1) an agent of each other connecting carrier that transports the freight; and
(2) considered to be under a contract with each other connecting carrier and the shipper to provide the safe and speedy transportation of the freight from its point of shipment to its destination.
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.