Legal Opinion

Tucker v. Lightfoot

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided May 4, 1983No. 16792PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

CANTU, Justice.

This is a medical malpractice case. A Bexar County jury found that appellant Dr. J.J. Tucker, defendant below and a dentist, negligently performed an overdenture procedure on appellee William Lightfoot, the plaintiff below. In response to special issues 1 and 2 the jury affirmatively answered that the appellant was negligent in the diagnosis or treatment of the appellee and *589that such negligence was the proximate cause of damages to the appellee. The jury answered the comparative negligence issues in the negative. In the only special issue complained of in this court,…

2Cases cited26 opinions

  1. Barrington v. DuncanTexas Supreme Court · 1943
  2. Flanigan v. CarswellTexas Supreme Court · 1959
  3. Producers Chemical Company v. McKayTexas Supreme Court · 1963
  4. Landreth v. ReedCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1978
  5. Monkey Grip Rubber Co. v. WaltonTexas Supreme Court · 1932

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Tri-State Motor Transit Co. v. NicarCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1989
  2. Trailways, Inc. v. MendozaCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1988
  3. Trailways, Inc. v. MendozaCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1988
  4. W. Ray Guy and Terri Guy v. David Cersonsky and Dora Cersonsky, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2000

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