Brentwood Financial Corp. v. Lamprecht

OPINION

REEVES, Justice.

Appellants, Brentwood Financial Corporation and Chateau Orleans, Ltd. appeal an award of damages in a jury trial in favor of Heidi Lamprecht arising out of an explosion at the Chateau Orleans Apartments.

On December 31, 1984, a natural gas explosion occurred at the Chateau Orleans Apartments in San Antonio. The explosion occurred in the gas heater of a downstairs apartment. Heidi Lamprecht, a tenant in the apartment directly above the one where the explosion originated, was thrown out of her apartment by the force of the explosion. She landed in the parking lot of the…