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· 1/25/2008

Living Centers of Texas, Inc. v. Penalver

Citations

  • 256 S.W.3d 678
  • 51 Tex. Sup. Ct. J. 370
  • 2008 Tex. LEXIS 68
  • 2008 WL 204502

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  • holding that improper incurable jury argument is a legally appropriate ground for a new trial
  • holding that jury argument comparing actions of nursing home to Nazis, who experimented on and purposefully killed humans, was incurable
  • holding that final argument comparing actions of nursing home to Nazi medical experimentation was incurable
  • holding that improper incurable jury argument is a legally appropriate ground for a new trial
  • holding defense counsel’s argument plaintiff’s counsel engaged in scheme with plaintiff and his doctors to increase plaintiff’s medical expenses not improper because direct evidence and inferences supported argument
  • noting that in rare instances where probable harm from jury argument was such that it could not be cured, appellant may complain about argument even if he did not object to it during trial

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Judges: Per Curiam

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