The Dallas Court of Appeals recently held that undefined terms in jury charges must be given their "commonly understood meaning." The Court noted that neither party objected to the lack of a definition. As a result, the Court held that there was legally sufficient evidence to support the jury’s verdict based on the common understanding
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Commingling of Theories under Casteel
By Mike Northrup on
Posted in Opinions & Judgments
The Fort Worth Court of Appeals issued a couple of opinions in Young v. Thota addressing an alleged jury charge error. In this medical negligence case, the alleged charge error relates to whether the trial court should have submitted an issue asking whether the plaintiff was contributorily negligent or whether the plaintiff’s acts raised mitigation of damages questions. The majority concludes that it…