GTE MOBILNET OF SOUTH TEXAS v. PASCOUET

No. 14-99-00869-CV.

61 S.W.3d 599 (2001)

GTE MOBILNET OF SOUTH TEXAS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, Appellant, v. Adrien PASCOUET and Chantal Pascouet, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Houston (14th Dist.).

Rehearing Overruled October 31 and November 1, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steve M. Zager, Austin, for appellant.

Thomas W. Sankey, E. John Gorman, Houston, for appellees.

Panel consists of Justices YATES, EDELMAN, and WITTIG.


OPINION

WITTIG, Justice.

The Pascouets brought nuisance and invasion-of-privacy claims after GTE Mobilnet of South Texas Limited Partnership erected a 126-foot cellular phone tower 20 feet from their Bunker Hill back yard. We examine whether the Federal Telecommunications Act of 1996 preempts the Pascouets' claims; we also review the jury's findings against GTE and its assessment of nearly one million dollars in damages. The trial court denied the Pascouets...

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