Court Opinion

ID: 9645203
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 21:16:16.050594+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:11:24.891203
License: Public Domain

DISSENTING OPINION IN PART
STEAKLEY, Justice.
I agree with the writing and holding of the Court of Civil Appeals that the collateral source rule does not apply. The issuance of the insurance policy and the payment thereunder were admissible to rebut the amount of damages because the insurance was procured pursuant to the contract between the parties. As pointed out by the Court of Civil Appeals, a fourfold recovery of damages results here from the denial of the general principle forbidding more than one recovery for the same loss. 584 S.W.2d 284 at 291-293.