W.C. LaRock, D.C., P.C. v. Smith

OPINION

GUADALUPE RIVERA, Justice.

Rosemary Smith, sued W.C. LaRock, D.C., P.C., d/b/a Auto & Work Injury Clinic (the “clinic”), and Maria Gallardo, alleging that the clinic failed to train and supervise their workers and that Gallardo, an employee of the clinic, negligently caused Smith’s injuries. The City of El Paso, which paid worker’s compensation benefits to Smith, later entered the suit as a plaintiff in its capacity as Smith’s subrogee. The jury found Gallardo’s negligence caused Smith’s injury and awarded her $488,000 in damages for past and future conscious pain and mental anguish,…