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SMITHSON v. CESSNA AIRCRAFT CO.

No. C-1344.

665 S.W.2d 439 (1984)

Darla SMITHSON, Individually and as Administratrix, Petitioner, v. CESSNA AIRCRAFT COMPANY, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Rehearing Denied March 28, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edwards & Perry, Russell H. McMains, Corpus Christi, Law Offices of Pat Maloney, Pat Maloney, Sr., Pat Maloney, George LeGrand, and Jack Pasqual, San Antonio, J. Hadley Edgar, Jr., Lubbock, for petitioner.

Graves, Dougherty, Hearon & Moody, Robert J. Hearon, Jr., and John T. Anderson, Austin, for respondent.

SPEARS, Justice.

The opinion and judgment of this Court dated July 13, 1983 are withdrawn and the following opinion is substituted.

Darla Smithson, individually and on behalf of her minor children, brought this wrongful death action against Cessna Aircraft Company ("Cessna") for damages suffered when an airplane crash killed her husband, Benjamin Smithson. The trial court rendered judgment for Mrs. Smithson on a jury verdict of $1,200,000. The court of appeals...

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