Legal Opinion

Happy Harbor Methodist Home, Inc. v. Cowins

Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)

Decided July 27, 1995No. 01-94-01043-CVPublishedCited by 44 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION ON MOTION FOR REHEARING

OLIVER-PARROTT, Chief Justice.

We deny appellant’s motion for rehearing, withdraw our previous opinion of June 15, 1995, and substitute this opinion in its place.

A jury found Happy Harbor Methodist Home’s gross negligence a proximate cause of Melissa Cowiris physical injuries. Happy Harbor is a nonsubscriber to the Texas Workers Compensation Act. The jury awarded Cowins $157,500 in actual damages and $1,700 in punitive damages. In four points of error, Happy Harbor challenges the legal and factual sufficiency of evidence. In a fifth point of error, Happy Harbor…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Transportation Insurance Co. v. MorielTexas Supreme Court · 1994
  2. Maranatha Temple, Inc. v. Enterprise Products Company, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)1995

3Cited by44 opinions

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  4. Green v. Industrial Specialty Contractors, Inc., Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)1999
  5. Serrano v. Union Planters Bank, N.A., Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)2005

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