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NOBILITY HOMES OF TEXAS, INC. v. SHIVERS

No. B-6274.

557 S.W.2d 77 (1977)

NOBILITY HOMES OF TEXAS, INC., Petitioner, v. John W. SHIVERS et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

October 5, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deison, Crews, Field & Boyd, James W. Stele and Charles W. Boyd, Conroe, for petitioner.

J. Robert Liles, Conroe, for respondents.

POPE, Justice.

This is a products liability case. It presents the question of whether a remote manufacturer is liable for the economic loss his product causes a consumer with whom the manufacturer is not in privity. John Shivers sued Nobility Homes of Texas, Inc., the manufacturer of a mobile home. Shivers purchased the home from Marvin Hurley, an independent retail dealer who is now out of business and is not joined as...

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