L. D. Bounds, Petitioner v. Kerry Tyrone Caudle, Respondents

Summary

The Texas Supreme Court reversed the lower courts and remanded for a new trial, holding that interspousal tort immunity does not bar the children’s wrongful‑death claim for an intentional tort, that a constructive trust and forfeiture of life‑insurance proceeds are proper despite only a negligent‑homicide conviction, and that the trial court erred by refusing a self‑defense instruction. The Court also affirmed that the probate code does not conflict with the imposition of the constructive trust.