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BEVERLY ENTERPRISES v. LEATH

No. 10-91-048-CV.

829 S.W.2d 382 (1992)

BEVERLY ENTERPRISES OF TEXAS, INC., et al., Appellants, v. Gwen LEATH, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Waco.

Rehearing Denied May 20, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph H. Spence, H. David Flowers, and Constance M. Maher, Gandy, Michener, Swindle, Whitaker & Pratt, Fort Worth, for appellants.

William T. Catterton and Leland A. Reinhard, Catterton and Reinhard, Fort Worth, Dan M. Boulware, Cleburne, for appellee.

Before THOMAS, C.J., and CUMMINGS and VANCE, JJ.

OPINION

VANCE, Justice.

Gwen Leath was employed by Beverly Enterprises of Texas, Inc. as a food-service employee at its Red River Haven Nursing Home in Bogota, Texas. She fell in a hallway at the nursing home and hit her head on a wall railing. Because Beverly carried no workers' compensation insurance, Leath sued for ordinary negligence and, claiming that Beverly was also grossly negligent, for punitive damages. A jury found that Beverly's failure to furnish...

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