FORD MOTOR CO. v. VILLANUEVA

No. 11-08-00030-CV.

302 S.W.3d 476 (2009)

FORD MOTOR COMPANY and Bridgestone Firestone North American Tire LLC, Appellants, v. Rosalva Sanchez VILLANUEVA et al, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Eastland.

December 3, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Angela S. Gordon, C. Vernon Hartline, Scott Edwards, Hartline, Dacus, Barger, Dreyer & Kern, L.L.P., Dallas, Knox D. Nunnally, Phillip B. Dye, Jr., Sandra G. Rodriguez, Vinson & Elkins, Houston, Craig A. Morgan, Michael W. Eady, Wade C. Crosnoe, Danielle H. Shields, Thompson, Coe, Cousins & Irons, L.L.P., Austin, John W. Weber, Jr., Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P., San Antonio, for appellants.

Joe A. England, II, Law Office of Joe A. England, P.C., Irving, Richard L. Denney, Lydia JoAnn Barrett, Russell T. Bowlan, Denney & Barrett, Norman, OK, for appellees.

Panel consists of: WRIGHT, C.J., McCALL, J., and STRANGE, J.


OPINION

JIM R. WRIGHT, Chief Justice.

Nadia Alejandra Sanchez Villanueva bought a used 1996 Ford Explorer in Mexico. Villanueva and some other citizens of Mexico decided to take the Explorer on a trip from Monterrey, Mexico, to Nuevo Laredo, located in the Mexican State of Tamaulipas. During the trip, the vehicle rolled over. Some of the eleven occupants of the vehicle were killed, and others were injured.

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