Supreme Court of Texas

The trial court erroneously admitted reports of alleged accident agreements, which were either hearsay or unrelated to the claim, and the case is remanded for a new trial where the inadmissible evidence tainted the trial.

Appellate Information

• Argued 03/03/2004
• Decided 08/27/2004
• Published 08/27/2004

Judges

• Justice BRISTER delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Chief Justice PHILLIPS, Justice HECHT, Justice OWEN, Justice JEFFERSON, Justice SMITH, and Justice WAINWRIGHT joined.

Court

• Supreme Court of Texas

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Craig A. Morgan, Brown McCarroll LLP, Joe R. Greenhill, Baker Botts LLP, Austin, for Amicus Curiae, P. Michael Jung, Strasburger & Price, L.L.P., Dallas, TX, Alan B. Daughtry, Vinson and Elkins, L.L.P., J. Greg Dow, John W. Teague, Houston, TX, and Robert A. Brundage, Leslie G. Landau, Bingham McCutchen LLP, San Francisco, CA, for Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Grant Kaiser, Kaiser Firm, L.L.P., Houston, James F. Scherr, Scherr Legate Ehrlich, El Paso, Donald G. Wilhelm, Wilhelm Law Firm, Houston, for Respondent.