"Y" PROPANE SERVICE, INC. v. GARCIA

No. 04-99-00880-CV.

61 S.W.3d 559 (2001)

"Y" PROPANE SERVICE, INC., Appellant, v. Maria GARCIA, Individually and as Representative of the Estate of Francisco Garcia, Deceased, Rogelio Garcia, Ubaldo Garcia, Francisco Garcia, Jr., and Maribel Garcia, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, San Antonio.

August 15, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ana Lisa Garza, Ramirez & Garza, L.L.P., Rio Grande City, Christiana Dijkman, Phillips & Akers, P.C., Houston, Steve Selby, Anna M. Baker, Douglas W. Alexander, Scott, Douglass & McConnico, Austin, for Appellant.

Augustin Rivera, Jr., Darrell L. Barger, Barger, Hermansen, McKibben & Villarreal, Corpus Christi, Dean William Powers, Jr., The University of Texas School of Law, Austin, Mikal C. Watts, Watts & Heard, L.L.P., Craig M. Sico, Harris & Watts, P.C., Corpus Christi, Jennifer Bruch Hogan, Richard P. Hogan, Jr., Hogan Dubose & Townsend, L.L.P., Houston, Roger W. Hughes, William L. Pope, Adams & Graham, L.L.P., Harlingen, for Appellees.

Sitting: TOM RICKHOFF, ALMA L. LOPEZ and SARAH B. DUNCAN, Justices.


Opinion by: SARAH B. DUNCAN, Justice.

After a jury found "Y" Propane responsible for a gas explosion that resulted in property damage and the death of Francisco Garcia, the trial court rendered judgment against "Y" Propane for an amount in excess of six million dollars. "Y" Propane appeals, contending the evidence is insufficient to support the jury's verdict and the trial court erred in denying its motion to equalize the peremptory challenges. We hold the evidence...

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