Legal Opinion

Burnett v. Howard

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided January 21, 1971No. 15706PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

PEDEN, Justice.

Rear-end collision case. Mrs. Burnett, one of the appellants, was the driver of an automobile that was struck from the rear by one driven by Jas. T. Howard, the ap-pellee, as both vehicles approached a red traffic signal light.

By its verdict the jury did not find any primary negligence on the part of Mr. *17Howard but did find that Mrs. Burnett’s contributory negligence proximately caused the accident. She, her husband and her son, who was a passenger in her car, have appealed from a take-nothing judgment entered on the jury verdict.

In response to special issues the jury did not…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Garza v. AlviarTexas Supreme Court · 1965
  2. Kuykendall v. DooseCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1953
  3. Jones v. DowneyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1962
  4. Berry v. Sunshine Laundries & Dry Cleaning Corp.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1965
  5. Scott v. McElroyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1962

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Francis v. Cogdell, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)1991

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