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NABORS WELLS SERVICES, LTD. v. ROMERO

No. 08-09-00319-CV.

408 S.W.3d 39 (2013)

NABORS WELLS SERVICES, LTD., f/k/a Pool Company Texas, Ltd., and Lauro Bernal Garcia, Appellants, v. Asuncion ROMERO, Individually and as Representative of the Estate of Aide Romero, Deceased, and as next friend of Edgar Romero and Saul Romero, Esperanza Soto, Individually and as next friend of Esperanza Soto, Guadalupe Soto, Maria Elena Soto, and Martin Soto, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, El Paso.

January 30, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Wayne Lauritzen , Cotton, Bledsoe, Tighe & Dawson, Midland, TX, for Appellants.

Jeffrey R. Vaughan , Villalobos & Vaughan, PLLC, Houston, TX, Mauro F. Ruiz , Ruiz Law Firm, PLLC, McAllen, TX, Scott McLamore , McLamore, Reddell, Ardoin & Story, PLLC, Houston, TX, Richard J. Plezia , Richard J. Plezia & Associates, Houston, TX, for Appellees.

Before McCLURE, C.J., RIVERA, J., and CHEW, C.J. (Senior).

OPINION

ANN CRAWFORD McCLURE, Chief Justice.

Nabors Well Services, Ltd., formerly Pool Company Texas, Ltd., appeals a jury verdict that awarded actual damages of just more than $2.3 million to the Romero and Soto families. Nabors brings a single issue: that the trial court abused its discretion by excluding expert and lay testimony regarding the use or non-use of seat belts in a rollover automobile crash.

FACTUAL SUMMARY

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