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TEXAS DEPT. OF PUBLIC SAFETY v. STAPLES

No. 01-93-01142-CV.

882 S.W.2d 431 (1994)

The TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY, et al., Appellants, v. Robert STAPLES, Jr., and Mary Ann Brannon, Appellees.

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

Rehearing Denied September 15, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dan Morales, Jorge Vega, Delmar L. Cain, Peter B. Plotts, III, Austin, for appellants.

John C. Cardenas, Houston, W. Stephen Scott, Pasadena, for appellees.

Before HUTSON-DUNN, COHEN and O'CONNOR, JJ.

OPINION

COHEN, Justice.

Robert Staples, Jr. and Mary Ann Brannon sued the State of Texas, the Texas Department of Public Safety, and its employee, John Gordon Leake ("the State") for injuries from an automobile accident. Brannon was a passenger in Staples' car; Leake was driving a vehicle in the course of his employment. The jury found that Staples was 90 percent responsible for the collision1 and that appellants were 10 percent...

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