LEMOS v. MONTEZ

No. C-2620.

680 S.W.2d 798 (1984)

Mel LEMOS, Petitioner, v. Alfred R. MONTEZ et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Rehearing Denied December 19, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bonilla, Read, Bonilla & Berlanga, Inc., Edwards, McMains & Constant, Russell H. McMains, Corpus Christi, for petitioner.

Kleberg, Dyer, Redford & Weil, Douglas E. Chaves and Joseph C. Rodriguez, Corpus Christi, for respondents.


POPE, Chief Justice.

The questions presented for review are whether the trial court erred in submitting an unavoidable accident issue to the jury in this traffic accident case and in giving an instruction that the happening of a collision is not evidence of negligence. Mel Lemos sued Alfred R. Montez and Seven-Up Bottling Company of Corpus Christi for damages arising when Montez backed a Seven-Up truck into Lemos' Volkswagen. The trial court rendered a judgment on...

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