HERNANDEZ v. BAUCUM

No. 13717.

344 S.W.2d 498 (1961)

Jesus Ramirez HERNANDEZ et al., Appellants, v. A. T. BAUCUM, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, San Antonio.

Rehearing Denied March 29, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Strickland, Wilkins, Hall & Mills, Mission, for appellants.

Carter, Stiernberg, Skaggs & Koppel, Harlingen, Crain & Colvin, San Benito, for appellee.


POPE, Justice.

The jury awarded A. T. Baucum, appellee, $81,636 for neck and back injuries sustained when appellant Jacinto Hernandez drove a truck into the rear of appellee's car. Appellants, defendants below, complain that reference to a chart1 and a mathematical formula in arguing damages was harmful. Appellants also complain of appellee's reference during cross-examination to abandoned pleadings which omitted the defense of sudden...

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