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TRINITY RIVER AUTHORITY v. WILLIAMS

No. C-2530.

689 S.W.2d 883 (1985)

TRINITY RIVER AUTHORITY et al., Petitioners, v. Carla Leigh WILLIAMS et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Rehearing Denied June 5, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mayor, Day & Caldwell, Roger Rider and Mark R. Zeidman, F.J. Coleman, Jr., City Atty., David Lee Crawford, Asst. City Atty., Houston, for petitioners.

W. James Kronzer, Maurice A. Lehmann, Houston, Bill Jones, Livingston, Coy U. Spawn, Jr., Houston, for respondents.

McGEE, Justice.

This is a wrongful death action involving issues of governmental immunity, maritime law and contributory negligence. Plaintiffs, as legal survivors of Richard Michael Williams and Mark Phillips Magaziner, sued the Trinity River Authority (TRA) and the City of Houston (City). Based on the jury's verdict, the trial court rendered judgment for the plaintiffs, although reducing damages by the percentage of contributory negligence attributed to the decedents...

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