Court Opinion

ID: 9771260
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Date Created: 2023-08-29 16:38:13.732524+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:31:27.828597
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NYE, Chief Justice,
concurring.
I write separately to concur. I agree with the holding of the majority that the evidence is legally and factually sufficient to support the jury’s finding that Meszaros, acting without probable cause and with malice, caused, aided, or cooperated in causing the prosecution of Lieck. I also agree that the judgment barring Nydia Lieck’s claim for loss of consortium should be reversed and rendered. I further agree with the majority’s determination that the exemplary damage award should be upheld with the suggested modification.
In Browning-Ferris Industries v. Zavaleta,2 I stated in my dissenting opinion that unless a party acting in good faith discloses to the prosecuting attorney all material facts that are made known to him, probable cause does not exist. Here, as in Zavaleta the defendant failed to disclose to the authorities several facts discussed by the majority, which would have convinced the prosecutors not to indict Lieck.
Because I do not agree with the precise reasoning under some of the points of error, I choose to concur rather than join the majority without reservation. Therefore, I concur.
Assigned JACKSON B. SMITH, Jr., J., joins in this concurring opinion.
Before the Court En Banc.1

. 827 S.W.2d 336 (Tex.App. — Corpus Christi 1992, writ denied)

. Honorable Jackson B. Smith, Jr., Retired Justice, First Court of Appeals, assigned to this Court by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas pursuant to Tex.R.App.P. 79(d).