Legal Opinion
Rajan v. Shepard-Knapp
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided March 5, 1998No. 01-96-01594-CVPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
NUCHIA, Justice.
Anne E. Shepard-Knapp, and Steven D. Knapp, individually and as next friend of Mary Lacy Shepard-Knapp (collectively “Knapp”) sued Fateh Rajan for personal injuries. The trial court entered a default judgment against Rajan. We affirm.
*49BACKGROUND
In July 1991, Anne Shephard-Knapp and her infant were on board and seated on a United Airlines plane. Before takeoff, Rajan dropped a large piece of luggage on them. Anne Shephard-Knapp had her front teeth knocked out, and suffered injuries to her nose. Her infant also suffered minor injuries.
Knapp sued United Airlines (“United”)…
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