GERLAND'S FOOD FAIR, INC. v. HARE

No. 17742.

611 S.W.2d 113 (1980)

GERLAND'S FOOD FAIR, INC., Appellant, v. Jo Anne HARE et vir, Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Houston First Dist.).

Supplemental Opinion December 18, 1980.

Rehearing Denied January 8, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Crady & Peden, Clare S. Hirling, Houston, for appellant.

Richard B. Stilwell, Houston, for appellees.

Before PEDEN, EVANS and WARREN, JJ.


PEDEN, Justice.

Gerland's Food Fair, Inc. appeals by writ of error from a default judgment in a slip and fall suit brought by Jo Anne Hare and her husband, Desmond Hare. The appellant complains that the trial court erred in entering the default judgment because the appellees' petition failed to state a cause of action against it, because no proper service of process was obtained, and because the evidence is insufficient to support the damage awards of $500,000 to...

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