Legal Opinion
Martin Theatres of Texas, Inc. v. Puryear
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided April 8, 1982No. 8681PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLAYTON, Justice.
Appellee, Betty Puryear, filed this action against appellant, Martin Theatres of Texas, Inc., seeking damages for personal injuries arising from her fall in appellant’s the-atre. Trial was to a jury, and, based upon the verdict, judgment was entered for ap-pellee for the sum of $38,500, from which judgment this appeal has been perfected.
This is a slip and fall case. The record reveals that Puryear, while a patron of the theatre, slipped and fell on a foreign substance, thereby injuring herself. The testimony of Puryear and Mrs. Geri Morvant, the theatre manager, shows that…
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- Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company v. GilesCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1962
- HE Butt Grocery Company v. RussellCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1965
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