Brown & Gay Engineering, Inc. v. Zuleima Olivares, Individually and as the Representative of the Estate of Pedro Olivares, Jr., & Pedro Olivares

Decided April 24, 2015. Debra Ann H. Lehrmann wrote the opinion for the court.

461 S.W.3d 117 · Cited 147 times

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