Legal Opinion · Dissent

Castillo v. Price Constr., Inc.

Texas Supreme Court

Decided December 16, 2005No. 04-0625PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1DissentJustice O’Neill

Roberto Castillo was killed when his vehicle, heading northbound, collided head-on with Carol Sunderland’s southbound vehicle in a construction zone that Price Construction created and controlled, and which the evidence showed was poorly marked. A jury found Price eighty percent responsible for the accident, but a divided court of appeals reversed, holding there was no evidence to show that Price had actual knowledge of the construction zone’s unreasonably dangerous condition. 147 S.W.3d 431, 437. The court of appeals failed to consider, however, the inference of knowledge the jury was…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Keetch v. Kroger Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1992
  2. Coffee v. F. W. Woolworth Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1976
  3. Price Construction, Inc. v. Castillo, Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)2004
  4. Coffee v. F. W. Woolworth Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1975
  5. Collard v. Interstate Northborough Partners, Texas Court of Appeals, 12th District (Tyler)1998

3Cited by6 opinions

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  2. Silver Oil & Gas, Inc. v. EOG Resources, Inc., Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)2007
  3. Jerri Lynn Kirkland v. James Calvin Kirkland, Texas Court of Appeals, 2nd District (Fort Worth)2023
  4. STL Dealer Group, LTD v. Americredit Financial Services, Inc., Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2011
  5. Silver Oil & Gas, Inc. (APPELLANT/CROSS-APPELLEE) v. EOG Resources, Inc., and TEMA Oil & Gas Company, (APPELLEES/CROSS-APPELLANTS), Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)2007

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