Drilex Systems, Inc., Masx Energy Services Group, Inc., and Masco Industries, Inc., Petitioners v. Jorge Flores And…

Summary

The Texas Supreme Court affirmed the Court of Appeals' judgment, holding that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in excluding Drilex's expert witness and that the settlement credit must be applied to the Flores family as a single claimant under the dollar‑for‑dollar method of Chapter 33, with the remaining award allocated by each plaintiff's percentage of the jury verdict. Justice Owen dissented, arguing that the expert's exclusion was erroneous.