Legal Opinion
Barrajas v. via Metropolitan Transit Authority
Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)
Decided April 9, 1997No. 04-96-00183-CVPublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GREEN, Justice.
Juan Gonzalez Barrajas appeals from a jury verdict awarding him $2,510.25 for the damages he suffered following a bus accident. In three points of error, he challenges the verdict on factual sufficiency grounds.
On June 1, 1993, Barrajas was riding on a bus owned by VIA Metropolitan Transit Authority when the bus was bumped from the rear by a VIA trolley travelling at approximately five miles per hour. The driver of the bus was Robert Martin Rivera, and Charles Frederick Brittain drove the trolley. Barrajas sued VIA, Rivera, and Brittain (“VIA”) for his personal injuries. At…
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