JEFFERSON COUNTY v. FARRIS

No. 01-17-00493-CV.

569 S.W.3d 814 (2018)

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Texas, Appellant v. Ellarene FARRIS, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Heirs and Estate of James Farris, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Houston (1st Dist.).

Rehearing Denied February 26, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kathleen Kennedy , SBN: 00798314, Quentin D. Price , STB: 16303740, Jefferson County, District Attorney's Office, 1085 Pearl Street 3rd Floor, Beaumont, TX 7701, for Appellant.

Justin C. Jenson , SBN: 24071095, J. Kyle Beale , SBN: 24009892, Aaron M. Heckaman , SBN: 24059920, Bailey Peavy Bailey Cowan Heckaman, PLLC, 440 Louisiana St., Ste. 2100, for Appellee.

Panel consists of Justices Jennings, Massengale, and Caughey.


OPINION*

After her husband died from mesothelioma, Mrs. Ellarene Farris sued Jefferson County and 39 other defendants on negligence theories related to her husband's lifetime exposure to asbestos. Jefferson County brings this interlocutory appeal...

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