UNION BOTTLING CO. v. McDANIEL

No. 16798.

546 S.W.2d 876 (1977)

UNION BOTTLING COMPANY, Appellant, v. Mickey Gene McDANIEL et al., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Houston (1st. Dist.).

January 20, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lorance, Thompson & Wittig, Rayburn Berry, Houston, for appellant.

Riddle, Murphrey, O'Quinn & Cannon; John M. O'Quinn, Houston, for appellees.


PEDEN, Justice.

The defendant, Union Bottling Company, complains that the trial court's $65,000 award of damages to plaintiff Mickey Gene McDaniel for his personal injuries was excessive. Union Bottling says the jury's damage finding was not supported by sufficient evidence and was against the great weight of the evidence. We affirm.

McDaniel, then 15, was injured on May 18, 1973, in Texas City when his motorcycle collided with a truck owned by Union Bottling...

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