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TEXAS HOME MANAGEMENT, INC. v. PEAVY

No. 00-0889.

89 S.W.3d 30 (2002)

TEXAS HOME MANAGEMENT, INC., Petitioner, v. Edith Carol PEAVY and O.L. Peavy, individually and on behalf of The Estate of Elizabeth Ann Peavy, deceased, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided October 31, 2002.

Rehearing Denied December 12, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Iris H. Robinson, Jay D. Hirsch, Hirsch & Robinson, Philip Andrew Sellers, Fred L. Shuchart, Tina V. Snelling, Tina Snelling & Associates, Houston, for Petitioner.

Karl B. Brock, W. Burl Brock, Brock & Brock, San Antonio, for Respondents.

Justice RODRIGUEZ delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Justice ENOCH, Justice HANKINSON, Justice O'NEILL, and Justice JEFFERSON join.

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