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LOUISIANA-PACIFIC CORP. v. ANDRADE

No. 98-0429.

19 S.W.3d 245 (1999)

LOUISIANA-PACIFIC CORPORATION, as successor to Kirby Forest Industries, Inc., Petitioner, v. Luis ANDRADE and Travelers Indemnity Co. of Rhode Island, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided October 21, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wallace B. Jefferson, San Antonio, Donean Surratt, Howard L. Close, Beaumont, Ellen B. Mitchell, San Antonio, for petitioner.

Chris E. Quinn, G.R. Flores, John Gerard Werner, Beaumont, for respondents.

Justice HANKINSON delivered the opinion of the Court.

Luis Andrade was injured while working for an asbestos-removal contractor on the premises of Kirby Forest Industries, Inc. In this cause, Kirby's successor-in-interest, Louisiana-Pacific Corp., challenges the legal sufficiency of the evidence to support the jury's gross-negligence finding against it. We conclude that no evidence supports that finding, and accordingly reverse and render judgment that Andrade take...

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