Legal Opinion
Melendez v. Padilla
Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)
Decided January 29, 2010No. 08-07-00344-CVPublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GUADALUPE RIVERA, Justice.
Sandra Melendez appeals the trial court’s summary judgment in favor of Ni-bardy Padilla, asserting in a single issue that the document she signed in Mexico did not bar her later suit to recover civil damages from Padilla in Texas. We affirm.
BACKGROUND
On December 20, 2005, Padilla was driving his girlfriend’s car when he ran a stop sign, causing a collision in Juarez, Mexico. 1 As a result of the accident, Melendez, who was a passenger in the car, sustained injuries. The Mexican police took Padilla into custody. At the request of her sister, Melendez, prior to…
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3Cited by15 opinions
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