TORRINGTON CO. v. STUTZMAN

No. 99-0261.

46 S.W.3d 829 (2000)

The TORRINGTON COMPANY and Ingersoll-Rand Corporation, Petitioners, v. Sharon STUTZMAN et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided December 21, 2000.

Rehearing Overruled March 8, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Powers, Jr., University of Texas School of Law, Austin, Roger Townsend, Richard P. Hogan, Jr., Hogan Dubose & Townsend, Jennifer Bruch Hogan, Hogan Dubose & Townsend, L.L.P., Kevin H. Dubose, David M. Gunn, Hogan Dubose & Townsend, Houston, William M. Tolin, III, Benckenstein & Oxford, Beaumont, David H. Brown, D. Ferguson McNiel, Vinson & Elkins, Houston, for petitioners.

King Waters, Waters & Waters, JoAnn Storey, Storey, Moore & McCally, Tracy J. Willi, Womble & Cotellesse, Houston, Justin Williams, Williams Kasperitis & Gowan, David J. Fisher, Orgain Bell & Tucker, Silsbee, Claudia Wilson Frost, Matthew P. Eastus, Slusser & Frost, L.L.P., Houston, Gilbert I. "Buddy" Low, Orgain, Bell & Tucker, Beaumont, Ernest H. Cannon, Ernest H. Cannon & Associates, Houston, Finis E. Cowan, Jr., Dickinson, Joe E. Broussard, Mehaffy & Weber, Beaumont, for respondents.


Justice O'NEILL delivered the opinion of the court joined by Chief Justice PHILLIPS, Justice ENOCH, Justice BAKER, Justice ABBOTT, Justice HANKINSON, and Justice GONZALES.

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