Court Opinion

ID: 9676126
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 05:15:38.379751+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:16:44.262956
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McCloud, Chief Justice (Retired),
concurring and dissenting.
I concur in part and dissent in part. I agree with the majority except as to the affirming of the trial court’s award as costs of expert witnesses’ fees to appellees for Dr. Robert Brischetto, Dr. Allan Lichtman, and George Korbel. None of these experts were appointed by the court. They were designated by and testified on behalf of the appellees. The trial court erred in awarding these substantial fees as court costs against the State. King v. Acker, 725 S.W.2d 750, 755 (Tex.App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 1987, no writ); Whitley v. King, 581 S.W.2d 541, 544 (Tex.Civ.App.—Fort Worth 1979, no writ); City of Houston v. Biggers, 380 S.W.2d 700, 705 (Tex.Civ.App.—Houston 1964, writ ref'd n.r.e.), cert. denied, 380 U.S. 962, 85 S.Ct. 1105, 14 L.Ed.2d 153 (1965); Taormina v. Culicchia, 355 S.W.2d 569, 576 (Tex.Civ.App.—El Paso 1962, writ ref'd n.r.e.).