Legal Opinion
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. v. Wilson
Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District
Decided February 9, 1989No. 13-87-336-CVPublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BENAVIDES, Justice.
Southwestern Bell (Bell) appeals from a trial court judgment of more than five million dollars in a case brought by John Wilson and Cochise Air Conditioning and Electrical (Wilson). 1 Wilson was awarded damages for claims of unreasonable collection efforts, intentional and negligent infliction of emotional distress, assault, battery, and false imprisonment, arising from Bell’s efforts to collect a $9,500.00 agreed judgment. Bell attacks the liability and damage findings in seventy-three points of error.
Wilson entered into an agreement with Bell in April 1983 to…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- Cavnar v. Quality Control Parking, Inc.Texas Supreme Court · 1985
- Larson v. Cactus Utility Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1987
- Porras v. CraigTexas Supreme Court · 1984
- Pope v. MooreTexas Supreme Court · 1986
- Land Title Co. of Dallas, Inc. v. F. M. Stigler, Inc.Texas Supreme Court · 1980
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3Cited by56 opinions
- Twyman v. TwymanTexas Supreme Court · 1993
- GTE Southwest, Inc. v. BruceTexas Supreme Court · 1999
- Skidmore v. Precision Printing & Packaging, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1999
- Hunt v. Baldwin, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2001
- Lee v. Lee, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2001
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