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PATE v. TELLEPSEN CONST. CO.

No. 17486.

596 S.W.2d 548 (1980)

Edwin B. PATE, Jr., Appellant, v. TELLEPSEN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY et al., Appellees.

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

Rehearing Denied March 6, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fulbright & Jaworski, William W. Vernon and Daniel K. Hedges, Houston, for Tellepsen Construction Company and Warrior Constructors.

W. Jiles Roberts, Houston, for Edwin B. Pate, Jr.

Wohlt & Williams, E. J. Wohlt, Jr., Houston, for General Supply Co.

Ross, Griggs & Harrison, H. Lee Lewis, Jr., Bryan A. Domning, Houston, for Pierce, Goodwin, Alexander.

Clawson & Jennings, Max H. Jennings, Houston, for Ideal Engineering, Inc.

Mills, Shirley, McMicken & Eckel, Russell B. Serafin, Galveston, for Bernard Johnson Engineers, Inc.

Hicks, Hirsch, Glover & Robinson, Iris H. Robinson, Houston, for Jacobe-Underwood, Inc.

Wyckoff, Russell, Dunn & Frazier, Clare Steadham Hirling, Houston, for The Trane Co.

Law Offices of C. Ed Carrithers, C. Ed Carrithers, Houston, for Continental Casualty Co.

Before PEDEN, EVANS and WARREN, JJ.

EVANS, Justice.

The plaintiff, Edwin B. Pate, Jr., brought this personal injury action, alleging that he had been injured by a fluorescent light fixture and supporting framework which fell from the ceiling while he was working at his desk in a downtown office building. In response to a jury's verdict, the trial court entered a judgment awarding damages to Pate, individually and in trust for the intervenor, Continental Casualty Company, in the amount of $10,000, against...

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