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RELIANCE STEEL & ALUMINUM CO. v. SEVCIK

No. 06-0422.

267 S.W.3d 867 (2008)

RELIANCE STEEL & ALUMINUM CO. and Samuel Alvarado, Petitioners v. Michael SEVCIK and Cathy Loth, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided September 26, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chad Michael Forbes, Thomas C. Wright, Wright Brown & Close, LLP, Houston TX, Russell H. McMains, Law Offices of Russell H. McMains, Corpus Christi, TX, for Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. and Samuel Alvarado.

David W. Holman, The Holman Law Firm, P.C., Houston TX, Macklin Keith Johnson, Hallettsville, TX, for Michael Sevcik and Cathy Loth.

Justice BRISTER delivered the opinion of the Court.

Neither a plaintiff's poverty nor a defendant's wealth can help a jury decide whose negligence caused an accident.1 Even though punitive damages were not at issue in this collision case, the plaintiffs tendered evidence that the defendant's annual revenues were $1.9 billion. Because this evidence was inadmissible, and the record reflects that...

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