Legal Opinion
Loera v. Fuentes
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided January 30, 2013No. 08-11-00182-CVPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ANN CRAWFORD McCLURE, Chief Justice.
This is personal injury case arising out of injuries sustained in a collision between the Loeras’ pickup truck and a tractor-trailer driven by Joe Fuentes and owned by Nabors Well Services, Ltd. After hearing all the evidence, including testimony from two experts regarding the Loeras’ failure to wear seat belts, the jury found Fuentes to be 50% negligent in causing or contributing to cause the “occurrence or injury,” Nabors 10% negligent, and Mo-rayma Loera, the driver, 40% negligent. The jury also found that Morayma and her parents were engaged in a…
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Loera v. FuentesCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2016
- Nabors Well Services, Ltd. v. LoeraTexas Supreme Court · 2015
- Nabors Well Services, Ltd. and Joe Fuentes v. Armando Loera, Individually and as Representative of the Estate of Josefina Loera, Joined by Morayma LoeraTexas Supreme Court · 2015
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