Legal Opinion
Porterfield v. Brinegar
Texas Supreme Court
Decided November 19, 1986No. C-5123PublishedCited by 62 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WALLACE, Justice.
This is an appeal from the granting of an instructed verdict. The suit is for damages arising out of a one car accident in which the driver, Walter C. Williams, was killed and the passenger, Lorene Brinegar, was injured. The trial court granted an instructed verdict for Janice Williams Porter-field, the Administratrix of the Estate of Walter C. Williams, Deceased. The court of appeals reversed the judgment of the trial court and remanded the cause for trial. 705 S.W.2d 236. We affirm the judgment of the court of appeals.
Brinegar and Williams were returning to Atlanta, Texas,…
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