FORD MOTOR CO. v. NOWAK

No. 1834.

638 S.W.2d 582 (1982)

FORD MOTOR COMPANY and T. A. Andrews Pontiac, Olds, Cadillac, Inc., Appellants, v. Frank NOWAK and Eloise Nolan, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Corpus Christi.

Rehearing Denied September 2, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William C. Slusser, Randall A. Hopkins, Baker & Botts, Houston, R. D. Cullen, Cullen, Carsner, Seerden & Williams, Victoria, Rick Rogers, Porter, Gonzalez & Rogers, Corpus Christi, for appellants.

Ernest Cannon, John O'Quinn, Murphrey, O'Quinn & Cannon, Houston, Russell H. McMains, Edwards & Perry, Corpus Christi, for appellees.

Before NYE, C. J., and BISSETT, YOUNG, UTTER, KENNEDY, and GONZALEZ, JJ., En Banc.


OPINION

UTTER, Justice.

This is a products liability case. The suit arose as a result of an auto accident in which Mrs. Ann Nowak was killed. There were no eyewitnesses to the accident; however, it was agreed that when the accident was discovered, the body of the decedent, Mrs. Ann Nowak, was found underneath her 1977 Ford automobile, which was the only vehicle involved. As a result of this accident, Frank Nowak...

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