Coastal Transport Co. v. Crown Central Petroleum Corp.

In this case, Crown Central Petroleum Corporation sued Coastal Transport for negligence and gross negligence after a Coastal gasoline track caused a fire that destroyed a Crown Central gasoline-loading facility. We must decide whether Coastal waived its right to complain that there is legally insufficient evidence of gross negligence. The court of appeals held that Coastal’s failure to object to the admission of expert testimony on gross negligence waived any complaint that the testimony had no probative value. 38 S.W.3d 180,190. We disagree.

We conclude that such an objection is required only…