Faust v. BNSF Railway Co.

OPINION

BILL MEIER, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

Appellants Linda Faust and Donnie Faust sued Appellee BNSF Railway Company (BNSF) for personal injuries and damages that they allegedly sustained from exposure to chemicals released by BNSF’s wood treatment facility in Somer-ville, Texas. After a lengthy trial, a jury rendered a verdict in favor of BNSF, concluding that BNSF’s negligence, if any, did not proximately cause Linda’s stomach cancer. In two issues, the Fausts argue that the trial court committed reversible error by overruling them objection to a specific causation instruction and that the…