Louisiana-Pacific Corp. v. Knighten

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• recognizing that trial courts have great latitude and considerable discretion to determine necessary and proper jury instructions
• recognizing that trial courts have great latitude and considerable discretion to determine necessary and proper jury instructions
• concluding that sudden emergency instruction did not cause rendition of improper judgment when defendant struck plaintiff from behind after plaintiff abruptly applied her brakes on wet street in rain
• concluding that sudden emergency instruction did not cause rendition of improper judgment when defendant struck plaintiff from behind after plaintiff abruptly applied her brakes on wet street in rain
• holding trial court did not abuse its discretion by submitting sudden emergency instruction where it was raining and plaintiff abruptly applied her brakes after which defendant’s truck ran into her from behind
• construing substantively same language in predecessor statute, Tex. Rev. Civ. Stat. art. 6701d, § 61(a)

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