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PUENTE v. SIGNS

No. 13-91-125-CV.

821 S.W.2d 400 (1991)

Bertha PUENTE, Appellant, v. A.S.I. SIGNS, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Corpus Christi.

Rehearing Overruled January 19, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Tinning, Law Office of William J. Tinning, Corpus Christi, for appellant.

Kevin B. Finkel, Meredith, Donnell & Abernethy, Corpus Christi, for appellee.

Before GILBERTO HINOJOSA, KENNEDY and DORSEY, JJ.

OPINION

GILBERTO HINOJOSA, Justice.

This is a negligence case in which the trial court granted an instructed verdict for the defendant. Puente, the plaintiff, was injured by a sign which fell on her head while she was working in Spohn Hospital. She sued A.S.I. Signs, appellee, even though it was undisputed that A.S.I. did not manufacture, design, or install the sign which fell. Her sole theory of recovery was that A.S.I. owed a duty of care to Puente because...

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