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TATE v. HERNANDEZ

No. 07-07-0351-CV.

280 S.W.3d 534 (2009)

Gailia TATE, Appellant, v. Miguel HERNANDEZ, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Amarillo.

March 5, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James L. Wharton, Christopher B. Slayton, Jones Flygare Brown & Wharton, P.C., Lubbock, for Appellant.

Jason Medina, Glasheen Valles & DeHoyos, LLP, Lubbock, for Appellee.

Before QUINN, C.J., and CAMPBELL and PIRTLE, JJ.

OPINION

PATRICK A. PIRTLE, Justice.

"To be, or not to be. That is the question."

William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act III, scene i

While perhaps overstating the significance of issues presented by this case, the ultimate question we must answer is the role of personal injury litigation in our society. Is it to punish the wrongdoer or to compensate the injured party? That is the question.

Appellant, Gailia Tate, appeals...

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