Trevino v. Lightning Laydown, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• “Where the pleadings and evidence authorize an actual damage award, they may be awarded whether the actor was negligent or grossly negligent.”
• “We agree that gross negligence may be tried and determined separately from negligence .... However, we do not agree that gross negligence is a separate and independent cause of action.” (citations omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

44 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Ziarko v. Soo Line Railroad
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1994-06-16· cited 240×
• Fort Worth Hotel Ltd. Partnership v. Enserch Corp.
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1998-07-27· cited 73×
• Newman v. Tropical Visions, Inc.
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 1994-11-30· cited 65×
• Shell Oil Co. v. Humphrey
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1994-06-16· cited 57×
• First Assembly of God, Inc. v. Texas Utilities Electric Co.
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 2001-07-31· cited 56×
• Prati v. New Prime, Inc.
  Tex. App. Ct., 7th Dist. (Amarillo)· 1997-08-25· cited 55×
• Driskill v. Ford Motor Co.
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2008-10-17· cited 54×
• J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. Ex Rel. Bank One, N.A. v. Texas Contract Carpet, Inc.
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2009-12-11· cited 44×
• Seaway Products Pipeline Co. v. Hanley
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2004-12-02· cited 43×
• Casteel v. Crown Life Insurance Co.
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 1999-07-06· cited 36×
• In the Interest of R.V.
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1998-08-06· cited 29×
• Sanders v. Herold
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2006-09-15· cited 27×
• Resolution Trust Corp. v. Acton
  Fifth Circuit· 1995-03-30· cited 22×
• City of Dallas v. Patrick
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 2011-08-15· cited 19×
• Riley v. Champion International Corp.
  E.D. Texas· 1997-07-17· cited 17×
• Williams v. LifeCare Hospitals of North Texas, L.P.
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2006-10-26· cited 17×
• Terrica Barnes as Next Friend of Kainan Cooper v. United Parcel Service, Inc.
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2012-01-12· cited 16×
• Gonzalez v. Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
  S.D. Texas· 2013-03-12· cited 14×
• Mitchell v. General Engineering Corp.
  Superior Court of The Virgin Islands· 2017-02-23· cited 5×
• Schouest v. Medtronic, Inc.
  S.D. Texas· 2015-03-20· cited 4×

Cites

18 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Duncan v. Cessna Aircraft Co.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1984-02-15· cited 847×
• Burk Royalty Co. v. Walls
  Texas Supreme Court· 1981-05-27· cited 508×
• Dyson v. Olin Corp.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1985-06-19· cited 419×
• Bellefonte Underwriters Insurance Co. v. Brown
  Texas Supreme Court· 1986-02-19· cited 259×
• Williams v. Steves Industries, Inc.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1985-11-13· cited 226×
• Palestine Contractors, Inc. v. Perkins
  Texas Supreme Court· 1964-12-02· cited 158×
• General Motors Corp. v. Simmons
  Texas Supreme Court· 1977-11-09· cited 148×
• Otis Elevator Co. v. Joseph
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 1988-04-14· cited 93×
• Elbar, Inc. v. Claussen
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 1989-06-16· cited 41×
• Olin Corp. v. Dyson
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1984-08-09· cited 36×
• Anderson v. Trent
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 1984-12-12· cited 26×
• Jannette v. Deprez
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 1985-11-19· cited 25×
• Service Lloyds Insurance Co. v. Greenhalgh
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1989-05-24· cited 22×
• Hylander v. Groendyke Transport, Inc.
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 1987-04-30· cited 19×
• Young v. Hicks
  Texas Supreme Court· 1977-06-22· cited 14×
• Lawrence v. TD INDUSTRIES
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 1987-05-06· cited 13×
• Hondo's Truck Stop Cafe, Inc. v. Clemmons
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 1986-08-29· cited 11×
• Olin Corp. v. Dyson
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1986-03-06· cited 9×