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OTIS ELEVATOR CO. v. SHOWS

No. 01-89-01080-CV.

822 S.W.2d 59 (1991)

OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY, Appellant, v. Faith SHOWS, Individually and as Next Friend of Dara Shirley, a Minor, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Houston (1st Dist.).

Rehearing Denied February 6, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank Mitchell, Scott Statham, Houston, for appellant.

Russell S. Briggs, Houston, for appellee.

Before SAM BASS, DUNN and WILSON, JJ.

OPINION

WILSON, Justice.

After favorable jury findings, a judgment was rendered for plaintiff and appellee, Faith Shows, individually and as next friend of minor Dara Shirley. The defendant in the district court and appellant here, Otis Elevator Company, addresses as its sole point of error the trial court's refusal to submit a requested instruction on unavoidable accident. We affirm.

Before addressing whether an instruction on unavoidable accident...

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