WILSON v. TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPT.

No. 3-91-232-CV.

853 S.W.2d 825 (1993)

Lydia Mae WILSON, Curtis Dale Wilson, Angela Gale Wilson Kramm and Lila Wilson, Appellants, v. TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Austin.

Rehearing Overruled June 9, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Will S. Moursund, Moursund, Moursund, Moursund & Moursund, Round Mountain, Jim Dear, Law Offices of Jim Dear, P.C., Austin, for Lydia Mae Wilson, et al.

Jay L. Winckler, Gibbins, Winckler & Harvey, Austin, for Lila Wilson, et al.

Dan Morales, Atty. Gen., Maureen Powers, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, for appellee.

Before CARROLL, C.J., and ABOUSSIE and JONES, JJ.


JONES, Justice.

Two brothers, Wilford and Wilton Wilson, drowned while fishing in the Pedernales River. Their widows, Lila Wilson and Lydia Mae Wilson, respectively, and children (collectively, "Plaintiffs") sued the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department ("Department"), appellee, claiming the Department's negligence caused the drowning deaths. Although the jury found the Department was negligent, it failed to find that such negligence was a proximate cause of the Wilson...

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