Supreme Court of Texas

Plaintiff's injury, where his foot was entangled on the raised portion of his truck's door facing, resulted from a "motor vehicle accident" for purposes of personal injury protection coverage under his Texas standard automobile insurance policy.

Appellate Information

• Argued 04/16/2003
• Decided 11/05/2004
• Published 11/05/2004

Judges

• Justice O'NEILL delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Chief Justice PHILLIPS, Justice JEFFERSON, Justice SCHNEIDER and Justice SMITH joined.

Court

• Supreme Court of Texas

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Jay Thompson, Thompson, Coe, Cousins, & Irons, L.L.P., Dallas, for amicus curiae, National Association of Indepe., Sarah C. Wells, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, for amicus curiae, Texas Department of Insurance., Amy Douthitt Maddux, Tynan Buthod, Baker Botts, L.L.P., Houston, for petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Sid S. Stover, Seale Stover Bisbey & Morian, Jasper, for respondent.