B.C. v. STEAK N SHAKE OPERATIONS, INC.

No. 15-0404.

512 S.W.3d 276 (2017)

B.C., Petitioner, v. STEAK N SHAKE OPERATIONS, INC., Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

OPINION DELIVERED: February 24, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel Robert Thering , Thering & Associates, PLLC, Frisco TX, Matthew J. Kita , Attorney at Law, Matthew Ryan McCarley , Fears Nachawati, PLLC, Dallas TX, for Petitioner.

Christopher Louis Kurzner , Kurzner PC, Dallas TX, for Respondent.

Bryan O. Blevins Jr. Texas Trial Lawyers Association, Gretchen Sims Sween , Beck Redden LLP, Austin TX, James Lewis , Lewis Law Office, P.C., Maisha Colter , Aid to Victims of Domestic Abuse, Peter M. Kelly , Kelly Durham & Pittard, LLP, Houston TX, Julia F. Pendery , Attorney at Law, Dallas TX, for Amicus Curiae.


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