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PLACENCIO v. ALLIED INDUSTRIAL INTERNATIONAL, INC.

No. C-3979.

724 S.W.2d 20 (1987)

Jose PLACENCIO, Petitioner, v. ALLIED INDUSTRIAL INTERNATIONAL, INC. and Coast Industrial Exchange, Inc., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Rehearing Denied March 11, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Russell H. McMains, William R. Edwards, Edwards, McMains, Constant & Terry, Corpus Christi, Guy Allison, Law Offices of Guy Allison, Corpus Christi, for petitioner.

Richard C. Keene, Gray & Keene, San Antonio and G. Thomas Coghlan, Lang, Cross, Ladon, Boldrick & Green, San Antonio, for respondents.

OPINION

RAY, Justice.

This is a products liability case. Jose Placencio was injured while operating a grinding wheel. The wheel flew apart and fragmented the right guard of the bench grinder to which the wheel was attached. The guard fragments struck Placencio in the head and face, causing severe injuries. Placencio sued Allied International, Inc. and Coast Industrial Exchange, Inc., distributors of the bench grinder. Based upon jury findings that the bench...

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