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BOERJAN v. RODRIGUEZ

No. 12-0838.

436 S.W.3d 307 (2014)

Philip BOERJAN, Mestena Operating, LLC, formerly known as Mestena Operating, Ltd., Mestena Inc., and Mestena Uranium, LLC, Petitioners, v. J. Jesus RODRIGUEZ and M. Carmen Negrete, Individually, and as Co-Representatives of the Estates of Nicolas Landeros-Anguiano, Angelina Rodriguez-Negrete, and Claudia Laura Landeros Rodriguez, and as next friends of A.L.R., a minor, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

June 27, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marisa Bono , Mexican American Legal Defense & Education Fund, San Antonio, TX, for Amicus Curiae Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund.

James C. Harrington , Texas Civil Rights Project, Austin, TX, for Amicus Curiae Texas Civil Rights Project.

Dolores Alvarado Hibbs , Texas Department of Agriculture, Austin, TX, for Amicus Curiae Texas Department of Agriculture.

Chesley N. Blevins , Jackson Walker LLP, Austin, TX, for Amicus Curiae Texas Mining & Reclamation Association.

James F. Buchanan , Welder Leshin LLP, Corpus Christi, TX, for Amicus Curiae The John G. and Marie Stella Kenedy Memorial Foundation.

Jack C. Partridge , Royston Rayzor Vickery & Williams, Corpus Christi, TX, Richard Russell Hollenbeck , Thomas C. Wright , Jessica A. Zavadil , Wright & Close LLP, Houston, TX, for Petitioner Philip Boerjan.

John R. Griffith , Jose Oscar Lopez , Griffith Law Group, McAllen, TX, for Petitioner Mestena Operating, L.L.C.

James D. Bradbury , James D. Bradbury, PLLC, Austin, TX, for Petitioner South Texans' Property Rights Association.

Blaire Knox , April E. Lucas , Carlos Ramon Soltero , McGinnis, Lochridge & Kilgore, L.L.P., Austin, TX, Baldemar Gutierrez , The Gutierrez Law Firm, Inc., Alice, TX, Manuel R. Flores , Attorney at Law, Laredo, TX, Rene R. Barrientos , Law Offices of Rene R. Barrientos, P.C., San Antonio, TX, William W. Pierson , Jack C. Partridge , Royston Rayzor Vickery & Williams, Corpus Christi, TX, for Respondent J. Jesus Rodriguez.

PER CURIAM.

In this case, we address the duty a landowner or occupier owes to a trespasser. Here, a driver trespassed on a ranch while transporting a family. After being confronted by a ranch employee, the trespassing driver fled at high speed, and the vehicle rolled over, killing the family. The decedents' family (the Rodriguezes) filed wrongful death claims, including negligence and gross negligence. Because our case law makes clear that a land occupier owes only...

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