Legal Opinion
State Department of Highways & Public Transportation v. Payne
Texas Supreme Court
Decided December 22, 1992No. C-9343PublishedCited by 980 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION ON MOTION FOR REHEARING
HECHT, Justice.
On motion for rehearing, our opinion of September 11, 1991, is withdrawn, and the following is now the opinion of the Court.
Kenneth Payne and his wife sued the State Department of Highways and Public Transportation to recover damages for injuries which he sustained when he walked off the end of a culvert built and maintained by the State. A jury found that Payne’s injuries were caused 60% by the negligence of the State and 40% by his own negligence, and the trial court rendered judgment in Payne’s favor for $148,800 plus interest. The court of…
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