FORD MOTOR CO. v. POOL

No. 9315.

688 S.W.2d 879 (1985)

FORD MOTOR COMPANY, Appellant, v. Ronnie POOL and Wife, Nita Ann Pool, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Texarkana.

Rehearing Denied March 5, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Grainger, Paul Colley, Jr., Grainger, Patterson, Howard & Colley, Tyler, for appellant.

Rex Houston, Wellborn, Houston, Adkison, Mann & Sadler, Henderson, for appellees.


CORNELIUS, Chief Justice.

Ford Motor Company appeals from a judgment awarding $5,483,571.00 to Ronnie Pool and Nita Pool in a personal injury products liability action. In seventeen points of error Ford raises issues dealing with the propriety of the jury submission on liability, prejudicial testimony and conduct at trial, exclusion of evidence, propriety of the jury finding that Pool was not negligent, and excessiveness of damages. We reverse because we find there...

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