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RODRIGUEZ v. CROWELL

No. 08-07-00269-CV.

319 S.W.3d 751 (2009)

Maria Lourdes RODRIGUEZ, Appellant, v. Duncan M. CROWELL, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, El Paso.

Rehearing Overruled January 20, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Manuel E. Solis , Houston, TX, for Appellant.

Jeffrey S. Alley , Windle, Hood, Alley, Norton, Brittain & Jay, LLP, El Paso, TX, for Appellee.

Before CHEW, C.J., McCLURE, and RIVERA, JJ.

OPINION

ANN CRAWFORD McCLURE, Justice.

This appeal involves a latent occupational disease claim involving a bacterial infection known as psittacosis. Psittacosis can be transmitted to humans from birds such as pigeons, parrots, parakeets, chickens, and turkeys. Transmission generally occurs when humans inhale infected particles from bird droppings. Such is the case here, and pigeons were the carriers.

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