Legal Opinion

Brookshire Bros., Inc. v. Wagnon

Texas Court of Appeals, 12th District (Tyler)

Decided October 30, 1998No. 12-97-00179-CVPublishedCited by 44 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HOLCOMB, Justice.

Brookshire Brothers, Inc. (“Brookshire”) files this appeal complaining of a judgment rendered for Talbert Wagnon (“Wagnon”). This worker’s compensation nonsubscriber case was tried to a jury on two occasions. The first verdict was for Brookshire on a finding of no negligence. The trial court granted Wagnon’s motion for new trial, and the second jury found for Wagnon and awarded him $750,000 .00 in damages. Brookshire files ten points of error. We will affirm.

Brookshire employed Wagnon as a butcher at its Carthage, Texas store. On the day of the injury, a delivery truck…

2Cases cited29 opinions

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  4. Texas Department of Human Services v. E.B.Texas Supreme Court · 1990
  5. Elbaor v. SmithTexas Supreme Court · 1993

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