ACE FIRE UNDERWRITERS INS. CO. v. SIMPKINS

No. 02-11-00228-CV.

380 S.W.3d 291 (2012)

ACE FIRE UNDERWRITERS INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant v. Cynthia SIMPKINS, Beneficiary of Roderick Simpkins, Deceased, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Fort Worth.

August 30, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Darryl J. Silvera and J. Kevin Thompson , The Silvera Firm, Dallas, TX, for Ace Fire Underwriters Insurance Company.

A. Robert Lamb, Jr. , Law Office of A. Robert Lamb, Jr., Addison, TX, for Cynthia Simpkins, Beneficiary of Roderick Simpkins, Deceased.

Panel: LIVINGSTON, C.J., GARDNER and GABRIEL, JJ.


OPINION

ANNE GARDNER, Justice.

I. Introduction

Appellant Ace Fire Underwriters Insurance Company (Ace Fire) appeals the trial court's judgment following a jury verdict that Roderick Simpkins suffered a compensable injury that was a producing cause of his death. Ace Fire, the party with the burden of proof in the trial court, contends in six points that the evidence establishes as a matter of law that the fall leading to Simpkins's death did not...

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