Currey v. Lone Star Steel Co.

OPINION

FENDER, Chief Justice.

This ease involves two separate lawsuits which stem from the same basic set of facts and which were consolidated on appeal for the purposes of oral argument. Both suits involve the same parties. In the first suit [hereinafter referred to as Currey I], the trial court granted the defendant an instructed verdict at the close of the plaintiff’s evidence. In the second suit [hereinafter referred to as Currey II], the court granted a summary judgment on the pleadings in favor of the defendant. The plaintiff now appeals both judgments, and we will consider each appeal…