Allright, Inc. v. Pearson

Carolyn Pearson sued Allright, Inc., the operator of the Rice Rittenhouse parking garage for negligence. The trial court rendered judgment in favor of Pearson based on the jury’s verdict. The court of appeals affirmed the trial court’s judgment and upon Pearson’s motion, reformed the judgment to include prejudgment interest relying on Cavnar v. Quality Control Parking, 696 S.W.2d 549 (Tex.1985). 711 S.W.2d 686 (Tex.App. — Houston [1st Dist.] 1986). We grant Allright’s application for writ of error and without hearing oral arguments, reverse the court of appeals’ award of prejudgment interest.…