PIERCE v. WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORP.

No. 12574.

263 S.W.2d 810 (1953)

PIERCE v. WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORP. et al.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Galveston.

Rehearing Denied January 21, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Irving G. Mulitz, Williams, Lee & Kennerly, James W. Lee, Houston, for appellant.

Vinson, Elkins, Weems & Searls, Thomas B. Weatherly and B. J. Crane, Houston, for Westinghouse.

F. L. Andrews, Gerald T. Owens, Jr., Houston, and Andrews, Kurth, Campbell & Bradley, Houston, of counsel, for appellee W. A. Holt Co., Inc.

De Lange, Hudspeth & Pitman, Albert J. De Lange, C. M. Hudspeth, and Eugene J. Pitman, Houston, for appellee Pan Electric Supply Co., Inc.

Fulbright, Crooker, Freeman & Bates, M. S. McCorquodale, Houston, for appellee Leader Electric Co.


CODY, Justice.

This action was brought by Dr. Wendell E. Pierce to recover damages for injuries to his eyes which he alleged were caused by the rays of an ultra-violet "sunlamp" which was manufactured by defendant, Westinghouse Electric Corporation, and which was placed in a stand and furnished with a reflector by defendant, Leader Electric Company, and which was sold by said defendant to defendant, Pan Electric Supply Company, Inc., a wholesaler of Chicago, which...

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