Legal Opinion

Figueroa v. Davis

Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)

Decided April 8, 2010No. 01-07-01109-CVPublishedCited by 88 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

SHERRY RADACK, Chief Justice.

Appellant, Maria C. Figueroa, appeals from a judgment rendered upon a jury verdict in favor of appellee, Edgar Davis Jr. We determine whether (1) the evidence is legally and factually sufficient to support damages and (2) the trial court abused its discretion in its award of prejudgment interest. We affirm.

BACKGROUND

On July 27, 2002, Figueroa ran a stop sign and hit the car that Davis was driving and in which Diane Gill was his passenger. In December of that year, Davis and Gill sued Figueroa for personal injury and property damage. In September 2006, a…

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