RIGO MANUFACTURING COMPANY v. THOMAS

No. B-1966.

458 S.W.2d 180 (1970)

RIGO MANUFACTURING COMPANY, Petitioner, v. Reginald THOMAS et ux., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Rehearing Denied October 7, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vinson, Elkins, Searls & Connally, Knox D. Nunnally, and Thomas B. Weatherly, Houston, for petitioner.

John H. Holloway, Houston, for respondents.


CALVERT, Chief Justice.

This suit was filed by respondents, Reginald Thomas and wife, against Dr. C. I. Shult and Rigo Manufacturing Company, for damages alleged to have been sustained by reason of the death of respondents' infant son who died after drinking Kill Ko, an insecticide. The suit against Rigo, a foreign corporation, was based upon its alleged failure as manufacturer of Kill Ko adequately to warn of the dangerous properties of its product, and the suit...

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