Legal Opinion
Wooten v. Southern Pacific Transportation Co.
Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)
Decided December 28, 1995No. 14-94-00413-CVPublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
EDELMAN, Justice.
In this wrongful death and survivorship case, Lawson and Carolyn Wooten, individually and as representatives of the Estate of Lee Weston Wooten (collectively, the “Wootens”) appeal a take-nothing’ judgment entered in favor of Southern Pacific Transportation Company and Leslie Willard (collectively, “Southern Pacific”) on the grounds that (1) a juror was biased, (2) counsel engaged in improper and incurable jury argument, (3) challenges for cause were refused, and (4) there were conflicting answers to jury questions. We affirm.
Lee Wooten was struck by a train and killed…
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3Cited by21 opinions
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- Strauss v. Continental Airlines, Inc., Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2002
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- Lincicome v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)1999
- Ford v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)2003
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