Legal Opinion
Bell Cab Company v. Vasquez
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided October 16, 1968No. 14694PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BARROW, Chief Justice.
This appeal relates primarily to the application of the humanitarianism or rescue doctrine. A judgment non obstante ver-edicto was entered whereby appellee Edward Vasquez recovered damages from appellant in the sum of $3,170, individually, for his medical expenses and loss of contributions, and in the sum of $25,000 as next friend for his nineteen-year-old son, Ascención Gomez Vasquez, who was struck by one of' appellant’s taxicabs which was being operated by Daniel Vera Auces in the scope of his employment.
*716The accident was the result of a somewhat bizarre set of facts.…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Little Rock Furniture Manufacturing Co. v. DunnTexas Supreme Court · 1949
- Halepeska v. Callihan Interests, Inc.Texas Supreme Court · 1963
- Wagner v. International Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1921
- International & Great Northern Railway Co. v. NeffTexas Supreme Court · 1894
- Goolsbee v. Texas & New Orleans RailroadTexas Supreme Court · 1951
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Conaway v. Roberts, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District1987
- Calabrian Chemicals Corp. v. Bailey-Buchanan Masonry, Inc., Texas Court of Appeals, 9th District (Beaumont)2001
- Southern Pacific Transportation Co. v. BenderCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1979
- Bell Cab Company v. VasquezCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1968
- Conaway v. RobertsCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1987
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