State Supreme Court / Tex.

Fitzgerald v. Advanced Spine Fixation Systems, Inc.

Decided August 26, 1999. Priscilla Richman Owen wrote the opinion for the court.

996 S.W.2d 864 · Cited 1,058 times

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