Legal Opinion
Nabors Wells Services, Ltd. v. Romero
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided January 30, 2013No. 08-09-00319-CVPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ANN CRAWFORD McCLURE, Chief Justice.
Nabors Well Services, Ltd., formerly Pool Company Texas, Ltd., appeals a jury verdict that awarded actual damages of just more than $2.3 million to the Romero and Soto families. Nabors brings a single issue: that the trial court abused its discretion by excluding expert and lay testimony regarding the use or non-use of seat belts in a rollover automobile crash.
FACTUAL SUMMARY
In the late afternoon of December 20, 2004, 58 year-old Martin Soto was driving a Chevrolet Suburban, a light truck utility vehicle, with seven family member occupants, ages 48…
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3Cited by1 opinion
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