BURLESON v. COASTAL RECREATION, INC.

No. 75-4184.

572 F.2d 509 (1978)

Ron BURLESON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. COASTAL RECREATION, INC., Defendant-Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellee, v. INLAND SAILBOATS, INC., Third-Party Defendant-Fourth-Party Plaintiff-Appellee, v. DUTTON LAINSON COMPANY, Fourth-Party Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

May 5, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles M. Wilson, III, Joe Hill Jones, Dallas, Tex., for plaintiff-appellant.

D. L. Case, Jack Pew, Jr., Dallas, Tex., for Coastal Recreation.

Thomas G. Nash, Jr., Dallas, Tex., for Inland Sailboats, etc.

Before THORNBERRY, RONEY and HILL, Circuit Judges.


THORNBERRY, Circuit Judge:

In this products liability case, the parties have raised not only traditional issues with respect to jury instructions, the interpretation of the Texas Comparative Negligence Statute and other such standard fare, but have presented to the court the novel jurisdictional picture of a winning plaintiff seeking to overturn the lower court's judgment for lack of jurisdiction and two losing defendants...

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