Court Opinion

ID: 9396993
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Date Created: 2023-05-24 06:08:40.272948+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:19:20.688823
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Supreme Court of Texas
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                            No. 20-0737
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                 United Rentals North America, Inc.,
                              Petitioner,

                                   v.

Pamela Evans, Individually and as Administrator for the Estate
        of Clark Brandon Davis, and Dominic Jones,
                             Respondents

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              On Petition for Review from the
       Court of Appeals for the Fifth District of Texas
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                             JUDGMENT

      THE SUPREME COURT OF TEXAS, having heard this cause on
petition for review from the Court of Appeals for the Fifth District, and
having considered the appellate record, briefs, and counsels’ argument,
concludes that the court of appeals’ judgment should be reversed.
      IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED, in accordance with the Court’s
opinion, that:
                    1)    The portion of the court of appeals’ judgment
                          affirming the trial court’s judgment on the
                          wrongful death claims brought by Pamela
                          Evans individually and Dominic Jones is
                          reversed, and those claims are remanded to
                          the trial court for a new trial;
                   2)     The portion of the court of appeals’ judgment
                          affirming the trial court’s judgment on the
                          survival claim brought by Pamela Evans as
                          administrator for the Estate of Clark Brandon
                          Davis is reversed, and a take-nothing
                          judgment is hereby rendered on this claim;
                          and
                   3)     Each party shall bear its own costs of court
                          incurred in this Court and in the court of
                          appeals.

      Copies of this judgment and the Court’s opinion are certified to
the Court of Appeals for the Fifth District and to the District Court of
Dallas County, Texas, for observance.

          Opinion of the Court delivered by Justice Blacklock
         Justice Lehrmann did not participate in the decision.
                             May 12, 2023
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