Legal Opinion
Roberts v. Tatum
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided December 21, 1978No. 1316PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
YOUNG, Justice.
This is a suit for damages brought by appellee, Ernest A. Tatum against appellant, Sheila Marie McDonald Roberts, for injuries sustained as a result of a rear-end collision. Appellant Roberts admitted negligence, in the trial court and requested a trial on the issue of damages only. Trial was to a jury. The jury returned verdict in the amount of $278,000.00 which was rendered against Roberts, who appeals.
The complaints on appeal are directed to the jury’s answers to special issues 1, 2, and 3, subsections (a) through (f). The jury in answer to the several elements of…
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