COOK, Justice, dissenting. I join the dissent but write separately. Rule 277 of the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure charges Texas trial courts with responsibility for submission of jury instructions. Tex.R.Civ.P. 277. Texas appellate courts have noted for some time that the rule allows a trial court considerable discretion in submitting those instructions. See Scott v. Houston Indep. School Dist., <sp…
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