Legal Opinion
Cain v. Pruett
Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)
Decided February 13, 1997No. 05-95-01439-CVPublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WOLFE, Justice.
Jamie Pruett and Bonnie West sued John Richard Cain, the owner of a McDonald’s restaurant, claiming that they were injured when they consumed soft drinks containing shattered glass fragments. A jury found in favor of Pruett and West and awarded them a total of $1,525 in actual damages and $29,-250 in attorney’s fees. The trial court eventually entered an amended judgment that trebled the damages and added $50,000 in appellate attorney’s fees. In seventeen points of error, Cain contends generally that the trial court erred in (1) refusing to find that his settlement offer…
2Cases cited36 opinions
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- Purkett v. ElemSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
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- Edmonson v. Leesville Concrete Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1991
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3Cited by53 opinions
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- Seminole Pipeline Co., MAPCO, Inc. v. Broad Leaf Partners, Inc., Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)1998
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