COASTAL TRANS., INC. v. CROWN CENT. PETRO.

No. 01-0301.

136 S.W.3d 227 (2004)

COASTAL TRANSPORT COMPANY, INC., Petitioner, v. CROWN CENTRAL PETROLEUM CORP., Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided May 14, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wayne Fisher, pro se.

David M. Heilbron, for Amicus Curiae General Motors Corporation.

Richard P. Hogan Jr., for Amicus Curiae Mel Anthony Harper, et al.

Henry S. Platts, Wilton F. Chalker, Henry S. Platts, for other interested parties.

Robert B. Dubose, Robert M. Greenberg, Dana C. Livingston Cobb, Robert E.

Motsenbocker, for Coastal Transport Company, Inc.

Robert M. Roach Jr., for Coastal Transport, Inc.

John L. Hagan, M. Michael Meyer, for Crown Central Petroleum Corp.


Justice SCHNEIDER delivered the opinion of the Court.

In this case, Crown Central Petroleum Corporation sued Coastal Transport for negligence and gross negligence after a Coastal gasoline truck caused a fire that destroyed a Crown Central gasoline-loading facility. We must decide whether Coastal waived its right to complain that there is legally insufficient evidence of gross negligence. The court of appeals held that Coastal's failure to object to the admission of...

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