Legal Opinion
Porter v. Downing
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided February 20, 1979No. 8674PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUTCHINSON, Justice.
This is a suit for damages for personal injuries resulting from an assault and battery.
Appellants, Porter and Cooper, and appel-lee, Downing, were employees of Holiday Lodge Nursing Home in Longview and the alleged assault was committed on the premises of the Holiday Lodge Nursing Home during the duty hours of appellants and appellee. It was established by undisputed evidence or by stipulation that the injuries sustained by appellee were caused by an assault directed against her as an employee of Holiday Lodge Nursing Home, or because of such employment, and not for…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Middleton v. Texas Power & Light Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1916
- Grove Manufacturing Co. v. Cardinal Construction Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1976
- Jones v. JeffreysCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1951
- Aetna Insurance Company v. HartCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1958
- Castleberry v. Frost-Johnson Lumber Co.Texas Commission of Appeals · 1926
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3Cited by25 opinions
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- Burkett v. Welborn, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2001
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