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CITY OF EL PASO v. ZARATE

No. 08-95-00031-CV.

917 S.W.2d 326 (1996)

The CITY OF EL PASO, Appellant, v. Javier ZARATE and Maria Zarate, Individually and on Behalf of All Statutory Wrongful Death Beneficiaries of Sergio Zarate and Ricardo Zarate, Minors, Deceased, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, El Paso.

Rehearing Overruled February 7, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David C. Caylor, City Attorney, Laura P. Gordon, Asst. City Attorney, El Paso, for Appellant.

Evelina Ortega, Caballero & Ortega, L.L.P., El Paso, John C. Schwambach, Jr., El Paso, for Appellees.

Before BARAJAS, C.J., and LARSEN and McCLURE, JJ.

OPINION

BARAJAS, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a wrongful death suit stemming from the drowning of Appellees' two sons on property owned by Appellant. The jury found Appellant to be negligent and entered judgment in favor of Appellees in the amount of $500,000. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.

I. SUMMARY OF THE EVIDENCE

On July 8, 1988, Ricardo and Sergio Zarate, who were thirteen and fourteen years old respectively...

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