Legal Opinion
Texas Department of Transportation v. Ramming
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided August 26, 1993No. C14-92-00228-CVPublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CANNON, Justice.
This is an appeal of a judgment against the Texas Department of Transportation (the “State”) for negligence causing direct personal injury to Reinhard Ramming and derivative injury to his wife Mary. The State complains that (1) the jury charge lacked instructions on premises liability, (2) Mary Ramming’s loss of consortium award caused the Rammings’ total award to exceed the Texas Tort Claims Act liability cap, and (3) the award of prejudgment interest also caused the State’s liability to exceed the statutory cap. The Rammings cross-appeal that the State waived the…
2Cases cited28 opinions
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- Lowe v. Texas Tech UniversityTexas Supreme Court · 1976
- Salcedo v. El Paso Hospital DistrictTexas Supreme Court · 1983
- Duhart v. StateTexas Supreme Court · 1980
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3Cited by47 opinions
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- Reliable Consultants, Inc. v. Jaquez, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2000
- Rendleman v. Clarke, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)1995
- Villegas v. Texas Department of Transportation, Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)2003
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