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HOUSTON LIGHTING & POWER CO. v. REYNOLDS

No. 01-84-00414-CV.

712 S.W.2d 761 (1986)

HOUSTON LIGHTING & POWER COMPANY, Appellant, v. Carol Ann Hauser REYNOLDS, Individually and as Natural Mother of Carl David Reynolds, and Carl David Reynolds, Individually, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Houston (1st Dist.).

Rehearing Denied May 29, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry F. York, Stephen G. Tipps, Leslie Stark Wolff, Joe R. Greenhill, Baker & Botts, Houston, for appellant.

G.P. Hardy, Hardy, Milutin, Johns & Sherrod, Donna Cywinski, McKenna & Cywinski, W. James Kronzer, Houston, for appellees.

S.G. Johndroe, III, Cantey, Hanger, Gooch, Munn & Collins, Beth Krugler, Cantey, Hanger, Gooch, Munn & Collins, Fort Worth, amicus curiae for Texas Elec. Service Co.

John G. Tucker, Paul W. Gertz, Orgain, Bell & Tucker, Beaumont, amicus curiae for Gulf States Utilities Co.

B.D. St. Clair, McGinnis, Lochridge & Kilgore, Austin, amicus curiae for Texas Cooperatives, Inc.

H.K. Howard, V. Elizabeth Ledbetter, Kelberg, Dyer, Redford & Weil, Corpus Christi, amicus curiae for Central Power & Light Co.

F.W. Baker, Annalyn G. Smith, Matthews & Branscomb, San Antonio, amicus curiae for City of San Antonio & Texas Public Powers Assoc. and its member Cities.

Before WARREN and DUGGAN, JJ., and TOM COLEMAN, Retired Judge.

OPINION

TOM COLEMAN, Retired Judge.

Carl David Reynolds was severely injured when he used an aluminum pole to touch a powerline that ran through a residential neighborhood. This is an appeal from a judgment awarding him substantial damages based on a jury verdict. A major contention of Houston Lighting & Power Company in this appeal is that there is no strict products liability cause of action against electric utility companies for injuries caused by...

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