GENIE INDUSTRIES, INC. v. MATAK

No. 13-0042.

462 S.W.3d 1 (2015)

GENIE INDUSTRIES, INC., Petitioner, v. Ricky MATAK, Belinda Matak and Misty Sonnier, as Representative of the Estate of Walter Pete Logan Matak, Deceased, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Opinion delivered May 8, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clifford L. Harrison , Stephan Daniel Selinidis , Harrison Bettis Staff McFarland & Weems, LLP, Constance H. Pfeiffer , Beck Redden LLP, Houston TX, for Petitioner.

Edward D. Fisher , Provost Umphrey Law Firm, LLP, James Erick Payne , Jennifer Job , Provost Umprey Law Firm L.L.P., Beaumont TX, for Respondents.

Roger W. Hughes , Adams & Graham, L.L.P., Harlingen TX, Jane M. N. Webre , Scott Douglass & McConnico, L.L.P., Austin TX, for Amicus Curiae.


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