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LAVENDER v. HOFER

No. 13-82-100-CV.

658 S.W.2d 812 (1983)

Sharon LAVENDER, Personal Representative of the Estate of Robert W. Springate, Deceased, Appellants, v. J.D. HOFER & Wife, Joan Hofer, Individually and As Personal Representatives of the Estate of Their Daughter, June Deborah Hofer, Deceased, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Corpus Christi.

Rehearing Denied October 16, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tom Hermansen, Kleberg, Dyer, Redford & Weil, Corpus Christi, for appellants.

Russell H. McMains, Edwards & Perry, Corpus Christi, for appellees.

Before NYE, C.J., and YOUNG and KENNEDY, JJ.

OPINION

NYE, Chief Justice.

This is a personal injury case arising out of an intersection collision in which the only issues on appeal concern the punitive damages awarded and the recovery by the appellees of damages for mental anguish and loss of companionship.

The jury found that Robert W. Springate was guilty of numerous acts of negligence and gross negligence, all of which were the proximate cause of the death of June Hofer. The facts concerning...

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