CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF EL PASO (San Lorenzo Church), Petitioner,
v.
Rita PORTER, Individually & as Mother & Next Friend of Dawone Porter, a Minor Child; Amanda Gutierrez, Individually; Armando and Yvonne Gutierrez, Individually and as Parents and Next Friends of Armando, a Minor Child; Patty Gordon; and Dylon Gordon, Respondents.
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Argued February 2, 2021.
OPINION DELIVERED: May 7, 2021.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Steven Collis, for Amici Curiae Tamayo, James, Garcia-Siller, Gustavo, Coerver, Robert M., Olson, Michael F., Strickland, Joseph, Burns, Edward, Flores, Daniel E., Lopes, Steven, Sis, Michael, Zurek, Patrick J., Toups, David L., Vasquez, Joe S., Doyle, Charles Andrew, NiNardo, Daniel Cardinal, Welch, David, Branson, Steven, Cahill, Brendan, Mulvey, William Michael, Seitz, Mark.
Craig T. Enoch, Austin, Maxey Marie Scherr, El Paso, Sara B. Churchin, James F. Scherr, El Paso, Amy Leila Prueger, Catherine Chantel Crews, Shelby L. O'Brien, Austin, J. Roberto Oaxaca, El Paso, for Respondents Armando & Yvonne Gutierrez, Individually and as Parents & Next Friend of Armando & Amanda Gutierrez, Patty Gordon, Individually & as Next Friend of Dylon Gordon, a Minor, Rita Porter, Individually & as Mother & Next Friend of Dawone Porter, a Minor, Amanda Gutierrez, Individually.
David M. Driscoll, El Paso, Lisa B. Hobbs, Kurt Kuhn, Austin, Francis S. Ainsa Jr., El Paso, Karlene D. Poll, for Petitioner.
Andrew C. Nelson, R. Russell Hollenbeck, Wanda McKee Fowler, Houston, H. Brook Laskey, for Respondents Heritage Operating, LP, a/k/a Denman Propane.
Chief JusticeHecht delivered the opinion of the Court.
The principal issue in this premises-liability case is whether volunteers working in a third-party vendor's booth at a festival were invitees of the landowner or only licensees. Other issues include evidentiary rulings, improper summation, and the sufficiency of the evidence. We hold that the...
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