UNITED STATES FIDELITY GUAR. CO. v. GOUDEAU

No. 06-0987.

272 S.W.3d 603 (2008)

UNITED STATES FIDELITY AND GUARANTY COMPANY, Petitioner, v. Louis GOUDEAU, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided December 19, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wesson H. Tribble, Tribble & Sanders, Houston, Richard J. Jauma, Tomball, John R. Shrode, Acosta Shrode & Soule, and David W. Holman, Holman Law Firm, P.C., Houston, for Petitioner.

Ronald L. Bair, Bair Hilty, P.C., Houston, TX, for Intervenor.

Otto D. Hewitt III, Hewitt Law Firm, Alvin, and Alton C. Todd, Law Offices of Alton C. Todd, Friendswood, TX, for Respondent.


Justice BRISTER delivered the opinion of the Court, joined by Justice HECHT, Justice O'NEILL, Justice WAINWRIGHT, Justice MEDINA, and Justice WILLETT.

One can imagine few more sympathetic litigants than Louis Goudeau, a "Good Samaritan" who stopped his car on a Houston freeway to help a stranded motorist. After leaving his car to approach the disabled one, Goudeau was severely injured when a third driver smashed into both...

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