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MISSOURI PACIFIC R. CO. v. NAVARRO

No. 04-99-00924-CV.

90 S.W.3d 747 (2002)

MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY d/b/a Union Pacific Railroad Company, Appellant, v. Cenobio E. NAVARRO, Representative of the Estate of Manuela Navarro, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, San Antonio.

Rehearing Overruled November 4, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John T.S. Williams, Michael M. Gibson, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Houston; Robert B. Burns, Jr., Burns Anderson Jury & Brenner, L.L.P., Austin, for Appellant.

Albert Huerta, Huerta, Hastings & Allison, Corpus Christi; Robert Alan York, David W. Holman, Helen A. Cassidy, The Holman Law Firm, P.C.; Dennis C. Reich, Shari A. Wright, Reich & Binstock, Houston; Steve T. Hastings, Hastings & Alfaro, L.L.P., Corpus Christi, for Appellee.

Sitting: ALMA L. LÓPEZ, Justice, CATHERINE STONE, Justice, KAREN ANGELINI, Justice.

Opinion by KAREN ANGELINI, Justice.

This is a Federal Employers' Liability Act (FELA) case in which Cenobio E. Navarro, representative of the Estate of Manuela Navarro, claims the exposure to diesel exhaust at the Union Pacific rail yard in Laredo, Texas, caused Manuela Navarro's bone marrow cancer and resulting death. Following a jury trial, the trial court rendered judgment on the jury's verdict in Navarro's favor and awarded $2 million in damages. Missouri Pacific...

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