WELEX, a DIV. OF HALLIBURTON v. Broom

OPINION

CHAPA, Justice.

This cause originated as an appeal from a judgment entered against appellant We-lex, a Division of Halliburton Company. Appellee, Jerry Wayne Broom, 1 brought a negligence action against Welex and Trans-american Natural Gas. Prior to trial, the trial court sanctioned Welex for discovery abuse by granting a defaulted judgment on the liability issue. Transamerican then settled with the appellee. At trial, evidence was heard on damages and on the comparative negligence of Broom, Transamerican and appellant. A jury found Broom not negligent, allocated comparative negligence…