JACKSON v. TAKARA

No. 22-0288.

675 S.W.3d 1 (2023)

Andrew JACKSON, Petitioner, v. Kristen C. Hitchcock TAKARA, as Representative and Independent Administratrix of the Estate of Reuben Blair Hitchcock, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

OPINION DELIVERED: September 1, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph Terry , Karlene Dunn Poll , Lisa Hobbs , Austin, Larry Lee Thweatt Jr. , Houston, Kurt Kuhn , Austin, Dennis Marston Slate , Houston, for Respondent.

Brantley Ross Pringle Jr. , Fort Worth, Heidi Coughlin , David Deaderick , Austin, for Petitioner.


The decedent in this case, Reuben Hitchcock, fell to the ground while he was standing in a tractor's front-end loader and trimming his neighbor's tree. He was hospitalized and died about a month later. Hitchcock's estate sued the neighbor, Andrew Jackson, asserting Jackson was negligent in ignoring...

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