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REPUBLIC WASTE SERVICES, LTD. v. MARTINEZ

No. 01-09-00236-CV.

335 S.W.3d 401 (2011)

REPUBLIC WASTE SERVICES, LTD. and Marco Castaneda, Appellants, v. Elida Griselda MARTINEZ, Individually and a/n/f of Amalia Griselda Gomez, a Minor, and on Behalf of the Estate of Oscar Alfredo Gomez, Deceased, and Carlos Gomez Portillo, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Houston (1st Dist.).

January 20, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Constance H. Pfeiffer , Beck, Redden & Secrest, L.L.P., Houston, for Appellants.

Bernardino Agosto Jr. , Abraham, Watkins, Nichols, Sorrels, Matthews & Friend, Clyde James Jackson III , Johnny N. Garza Jr. , Houston, Vincent L. Marable, III , Paul Webb, P.C., Wharton, for Appellees.

Panel consists of Justices KEYES, HIGLEY, and BLAND.

OPINION

LAURA CARTER HIGLEY, Justice.

This wrongful death and survival action arises from the on-the-job death of Oscar Alfredo Gomez. Following a jury trial, the trial court rendered judgment for $1,408,491 in favor of Gomez's common-law wife, Elida Griselda Martinez, and Gomez's father, Carlos Gomez Portillo, against appellants, Republic Waste Services, Ltd. and Marco Castaneda.

On appeal, appellants...

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