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· 7/15/2015

Presley, Ronald

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that a common law indemnity claim was ripe when the trial court entered a final judgment in the underlying case
  • recognizing that the improper exclusion of evidence is “likely harmless if the evidence was cumulative or if the rest of the evidence was so one-sided that the error likely made no difference in the judgment”
  • stating that evidence is less than scintilla when it is so weak as to do no more than create mere surmise or suspicion
  • holding excluded evidence likely harmless if cumulative or, if after reviewing entire record, it did not likely cause rendition of improper judgment
  • stating that ruling excluding evidence is likely harmless if evidence was cumulative or if evidence was so one-sided that error likely made no difference in judgment
  • noting that, to preserve error in court’s exclusion of evidence, party must make offer of proof informing court of substance of excluded evidence (citing TEX. R. EVID. 103)

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