Fourth Court of Appeals
San Antonio, Texas
JUDGMENT
No. 04-19-00543-CV
Elsa PRADO, Individually and as Representative of the Estate of Rolando Prado, Jr., Deceased,
and as Next Friend of A.P., Minor; Elizabeth Prado; Rolando Prado; and Maria Prado;
Appellants
v.
LONESTAR RESOURCES, INC., Ezra Alderman Ranches, Inc.,
and Union Pacific Railroad Company,
Appellees
From the 81st Judicial District Court, La Salle County, Texas
Trial Court No. 16-07-00095-CVL
Honorable Susan D. Reed, Judge Presiding 1
BEFORE CHIEF JUSTICE MARTINEZ, JUSTICE CHAPA, AND JUSTICE WATKINS
In accordance with this court’s opinion of this date, the trial court’s judgment is
AFFIRMED IN PART. Specifically, we AFFIRM the trial court’s summary judgment as to
appellants’ “failure to issue a slow order” claim against appellee Union Pacific Railroad Company
and their failure-to-warn claim against appellee Lonestar Resources, Inc. The remainder of the trial
court’s judgment is REVERSED. We REMAND the Prados’ failure-to-warn claim against Union
Pacific Railroad Company and Ezra Alderman Ranches, Inc. to the trial court for further
proceedings.
We further ORDER that the parties shall bear their own costs of this appeal.
SIGNED July 28, 2021.
_____________________________
Luz Elena D. Chapa, Justice
1
Sitting by assignment.