Maria Juhl, Breck Landry, Martha Arellano, Richard D. Weiss, Betty F. Jameson, Grace Madrid, Barbara Shepard Baldwin…

Summary

The Texas Supreme Court reversed the Court of Appeals, holding that the protestors owed no duty of care to Officer Airington and could not be held liable for his back injury; the court found no proximate cause and rejected the concert of action theory. Justice Gonzalez, in a concurring opinion, argued that the Fireman's Rule should bar such recovery and warned that liability would chill political speech.