SEARS, ROEBUCK AND CO. v. BLACK

No. 11-85-119-CV.

708 S.W.2d 925 (1986)

SEARS, ROEBUCK AND CO., Appellant, v. Rudy BLACK and wife, Sherry Black, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Eastland.

Rehearing Denied May 22, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rod E. Wetsel, Charles E. Jones, Jr., Nunn, Griggs, Wetsel & Jones, Sweetwater, for appellant.

C. Michael Ratliff, Moore, Dickson, Roberts & Ratliff, Inc., Sweetwater, for appellees.


Opinion

DICKENSON, Justice.

The issue is whether there is sufficient evidence to support the jury's finding that defendant "was negligent in failing to have properly designed" the washing machine which it sold to plaintiffs and that such negligence was a proximate cause of the fire which burned plaintiffs' mobile home. The jury also answered in another portion of the charge that the washing machine was not defectively designed at the time it was manufactured...

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