Bed, Bath & Beyond, Inc. v. Urista
Texas Supreme Court
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Green
the Court,
in which Justice HECHT, Justice O’NEILL, Justice WAINWRIGHT, Justice BRISTER, Justice JOHNSON and Justice WILLETT joined.
In this case we decide whether an unavoidable accident instruction given to the jury caused reversible error and requires a new trial. We conclude that because the record does not support a finding that the trial court’s submission of the instruction probably caused the rendition of an improper judgment, Tex.RApp. P. 61.1(a), any error in including the instruction in the jury charge was harmless. Accordingly, we reverse the court of appeals’ judg*755ment and remand…
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