Holliman v. Leander Independent School District

I concur in Justice Shannon’s opinion that: (1) the jury’s answers are not in conflict; and (2) the jury’s finding “we do not,” in answer to special issue six, is not so against the great weight and preponderance of the evidence as to be manifestly unjust. I respectfully do not agree, however, that we must therefore affirm the trial-court judgment that Mrs. Holliman take nothing by her suit notwithstanding the jury’s finding that she had been injured in the course of her employment. In my view, we may only reverse the judgment below and remand for a new trial, the result also reached by…