A Texas court of appeals recently approved of a jury verdict dismissing the plaintiffs’ claims in a car accident case that suddenly turned into a wrongful death action after the lead plaintiff committed suicide.

The case, captioned Huffines v. Buxton, stemmed from a 2011 accident at a Houston intersection that occurred when Barbara Buxton drove her car through a divided thoroughfare and was broadsided by David Huffines. No air bags deployed in the wreck and neither required immediate medical attention.