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BEL-TON ELEC. SERVICE, INC. v. PICKLE

No. 94-0657.

915 S.W.2d 480 (1996)

BEL-TON ELECTRIC SERVICE, INC. a/k/a Bel-Ton Electric, Inc., Petitioner, v. Suzie Y. PICKLE and National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Rehearing Overruled March 7, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary W. Maxfield, Kevin J. Cook, Dallas, for Petitioner.

Charles T. Frazier, Jr., David Bell, Dallas, for Respondents.

PER CURIAM.

The issue in this case is whether the trial court should have submitted a sole proximate cause instruction to the jury. Because we hold that it should have, we reverse the judgment of the court of appeals, 877 S.W.2d 789, and remand this case to the trial court for a new trial.

Joe Pickle, an electrician employed by LTV Aerospace and Defense Co. (LTV), was crushed to death by a motorized door on a hangar at LTV...

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