Summary
The Texas Fourth Court of Appeals affirmed a judgment for Laura Torres Camou in a motor-vehicle collision case. The court held that the trial court properly directed a verdict on liability because Alicia Lynette Castillo’s admissions and the undisputed evidence conclusively established that she failed to exercise ordinary care and proximately caused the collision. The jury’s $219,714.89 damages award and the resulting final judgment were affirmed.
Holdings
- The directed verdict was proper because the trial evidence did not raise a fact issue as to whether Castillo acted with ordinary care, breached her duty, or proximately caused the collision; instead, the evidence conclusively established that she failed to act as a reasonably prudent driver.
Questions Presented
- Whether the trial court erred by granting Camou a directed verdict on liability when the trial evidence allegedly raised a fact issue regarding Castillo's negligence and proximate cause.
Disposition
affirmed
Cases Cited (13)
- Prudential Ins. Co. of Am. v. Fin. Rev. Servs., Inc., 29 S.W.3d 74, 77 (Tex. 2000)(followed)
- Ray v. McFarland, 97 S.W.3d 728, 729–30 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth 2003, no pet.)(followed)
- City of Baytown v. Schrock, 645 S.W.3d 174, 178 (Tex. 2022)(followed)
- Ginn v. Pierce, 595 S.W.3d 762, 766 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 2019, pet. denied)(followed)
- Int’l Bus. Mach. Corp. v. Lufkin Indus., LLC, 573 S.W.3d 224, 235 (Tex. 2019)(followed)
- City of Keller v. Wilson, 168 S.W.3d 802, 822, 827 (Tex. 2005)(followed)
- S.V. v. R.V., 933 S.W.2d 1, 8 (Tex. 1996)(followed)
- Tenaris Bay City Inc. v. Ellisor, 718 S.W.3d 193, 197 (Tex. 2025)(followed)
- Douglas v. Aguilar, 599 S.W.3d 105, 109 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 2020, no pet.)(followed)
- 20801, Inc. v. Parker, 249 S.W.3d 392, 398 (Tex. 2008)(followed)
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