H.E. Butt Grocery Co. v. Warner

845 S.W.2d 258 (1992)

H.E. BUTT GROCERY COMPANY, Petitioner,

v.

Mr. and Mrs. Richard WARNER, Respondents.

No. D-1476.

Supreme Court of Texas.

December 2, 1992.

Rehearing Overruled January 27, 1993.

Beverly Willis Bracken, Steve L. Moody, Waco, for petitioner.

Scott Rothenberg, Kevin O'Malley, Houston, Louis S. Muldrow, Waco, for respondents.

OPINION

CORNYN, Justice.

This slip and fall case concerns the pleading and requested submission requirements for independent, alternative theories of recovery. The trial court submitted only the plaintiff's (Warner's) premises liability theory, which the jury…