Legal Opinion
Excel Corp. v. Porras
Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District
Decided March 23, 2000No. 13-98-659-CVPublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Opinion by Justice CHAVEZ.
Excel Corporation appeals from a judgment taken against it by Ruben Porras, a former employee. Porras’s job was to mop blood from an area below where the first stages of cow butchering were performed at Excel’s slaughterhouse in Frio-na, Parmer County, Texas. Porras sued Excel and its parent corporation, Cargill, Inc., alleging that Excel’s negligence caused him to be injured when a knife was dropped on him. Porras non-suited Car-gill on the second day of trial. Trial proceeded against Excel and the trial judge directed a verdict that Excel was negligent, the…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- First National Bank of Beeville v. FojtikTexas Supreme Court · 1989
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3Cited by17 opinions
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