Legal Opinion

Benavidez v. Isles Construction Co.

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided August 29, 1986No. 13-85-483-CVPublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

DORSEY, Justice.

Casimiro Benavidez appeals a judgment of the trial court reducing the damages awarded to him by the jury and failing to award him prejudgment interest.

Appellant was injured in a motorcycle accident which occurred on a Port Aransas street which was being repaired by appel-lee construction company. The jury found that the negligence of both Benavidez and Isles on the occasion in question proximately caused appellant’s injuries. It found Isles 60% negligent and Benavidez 40% negligent. The jury also found that appellant had suffered $55,000.00 in damages.

Isles filed a…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Cavnar v. Quality Control Parking, Inc.Texas Supreme Court · 1985
  2. Morrow v. H.E.B., Inc.Texas Supreme Court · 1986
  3. Camp v. ShannonTexas Supreme Court · 1961
  4. Flanigan v. CarswellTexas Supreme Court · 1959
  5. Williams v. BennettTexas Supreme Court · 1980

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Benavidez v. Isles Construction Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1987
  2. Galveston County Fair & Rodeo, Inc. v. Glover, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)1994

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