HAPPY HARBOR METHODIST HOME, INC. v. COWINS

No. 01-94-01043-CV.

903 S.W.2d 884 (1995)

HAPPY HARBOR METHODIST HOME, INC., Appellant, v. Melissa COWINS, Appellee.

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

July 27, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Lee, Houston, for appellant.

Before OLIVER-PARROTT, C.J., and O'CONNOR and TAFT, JJ.


OPINION ON MOTION FOR REHEARING

OLIVER-PARROTT, Chief Justice.

We deny appellant's motion for rehearing, withdraw our previous opinion of June 15, 1995, and substitute this opinion in its place.

A jury found Happy Harbor Methodist Home's gross negligence a proximate cause of Melissa Cowin's physical injuries. Happy Harbor is a nonsubscriber to the Texas Workers Compensation Act. The jury awarded Cowins $157,500 in actual damages and $1,700 in punitive...

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