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THORNHILL v. RONNIE'S I-45 TRUCK STOP

No. 09-94-236 CV.

944 S.W.2d 780 (1997)

Sandra K. THORNHILL, et al., Appellants, v. RONNIE'S I-45 TRUCK STOP, INC., et al., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Beaumont.

May 1, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert D. Rapp, Mandell & Wright, H. Victor Thomas, Bennett, Brocks, Baker & Lange, Houston, for appellants.

Joseph J. Naples, III, Russell Serafin, Vinson & Elkins, Ciano Pasta, Howard R. King, John Engvall, Jr., Funderburk & Funderburk, Randy Donato, Donato & Associates, Houston, Guy E. Hopkins, Guy E. Hopkins & Associates, M. Kaye Applewhite, Assistant County Attorney, Conroe, S. Ronald Keister, Assistant Attorney General, Austin, for appellees.

Before BURGESS, STOVER and CARR, JJ.

OPINION

CARR (Assigned), Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment n.o.v. in a premises liability case based on a wrongful death and survival action after the deaths of George Thornhill and Dale Ross1 in a motel fire at Ronnie's I-45 Truck Stop in Spring, Texas.

A jury found,2 among other things, that: (1) the first lien holder, appellee, Allegheny International Credit Corporation, ("AICC...

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