· 6/8/2004
Pilgrim's Pride Corp. v. Smoak
Citations
- 134 S.W.3d 880
- 2004 WL 1103332
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding an officer’s lay opinion about a collision caused by a defendant’s unsafe lane change was legally sufficient to support the jury’s finding that the defendant was seventy-five percent at fault for the collision
- stating that investigating officer’s observations of the weather conditions, the intersection, the location of the two vehicles, and their respective damage “were admissible as rationally based on [the officer’s] perception and were helpful to the determination of who caused the accident.”
- considering police officer‘s disclaimed expertise and finding in dictum that police officer not qualified to testify as 20 expert
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Judges: Morriss, Ross, Carter
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