Legal Opinion

Bush v. Hunter

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided March 18, 1971No. 5000PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

WILSON, Justice.

The only question in this rear-end automobile collision case is whether there is no evidence to sustain jury findings that plaintiff’s negligence was a proximate cause of the accident. In our opinion there is no evidence to authorize this part of the verdict and we reverse.

The jury found defendant’s negligence proximately caused the collision; and found plaintiff suddenly decreased her speed without first having given a signal of her intention to do so, which negligence was a proximate cause.

The question is not whether plaintiff gave a signal; she admits she gave none.…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Le Master v. Fort Worth Transit Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1942
  2. Texas & New Orleans Railroad v. ComptonTexas Supreme Court · 1940
  3. Le Master v. Fort Worth Transit. Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1940
  4. Markusfeld v. ZahnCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1936

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Robertson Tank Lines, Inc. v. StinsonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1973
  2. Cross Creek Homes, Inc. v. First Continental Mortgage Ltd. D/B/A First Continental Mortgage Company, First Continental Mortgage Company, LLC and Clifton Crabtree, Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)2006

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