M.D. Anderson Hospital & Tumor Institute v. Felter

OPINION

WILSON, Justice.

In the trial court, appellee, Berylmae Fel-ter, brought a “slip and fall” case under the Texas Tort Claims Act, 1 against appellant, M.D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute. After a jury verdict favorable to Mrs. Felter, the court awarded her a judgment for $100,000, an amount found by the judge to be the maximum allowable under the act at the time the cause of action arose. In three points of error, appellant challenges the evidence supporting the jury’s findings. By cross-points, appellee argues the court incorrectly concluded $100,000 was the maximum allowed by…