Pay and Save, Inc. D/B/A Big 8 Food Stores v. Cosme Raul Martinez

OPINION

YVONNE T. RODRIGUEZ, Justice

Appellant Pay and Save, Inc., doing business as Big 8 Food Stores (Big 8), appeals a jury’s finding that its negligence proximately caused the injury of Appellee Cosme Raul Martinez, and its award to Martinez of $8,000 as mental anguish damages. We reverse the award of past mental anguish damages, render a take-nothing judgment as to the past mental anguish claim, and affirm the remaining portions of the judgment.

BACKGROUND

In October 2009, Martinez had surgery on his back, and sometime between February and March 2010, Martinez underwent surgery for a brain…