Legal Opinion
University of Texas at Austin v. Hinton
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided January 29, 1992No. 3-90-226-CVPublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
POWERS, Justice.
Tracy Hinton sued the University of Texas at Austin and the Board of Regents of the University of Texas System to recover damages for injuries allegedly caused by their negligence. She recovered judgment on the jury verdict as provided in the Texas Tort Claims Act. 1 The University and the Board of Regents appeal. 2 Hinton appeals from that part of the trial-court judgment that denies her claim for prejudgment interest. We will affirm the judgment.
THE CONTROVERSY
In 1978 Hinton was an undergraduate student at the University of Texas at Austin. As she studied in the…
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