TREVINO v. YAMAHA MOTOR CORP., U.S.A.

No. 88-2818.

882 F.2d 182 (1989)

Albert TREVINO, Plaintiff-Appellant, American National Insurance Company, Intervenor-Appellant, v. YAMAHA MOTOR CORPORATION, U.S.A., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

September 5, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Pichinson, Corpus Christi, Tex., for Trevino.

Frank E. Weathered, Corpus Christi, Tex., for American Nat. Ins. Co.

Sharon E. Callaway, Thomas H. Crofts, Jr., Jeffrey S. Hawkins, Groce, Locke & Hebdon, San Antonio, Tex., for defendant-appellee.

Before GOLDBERG, JOHNSON, and DUHE, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Plaintiff Albert Trevino appeals an order entered by the district court granting summary judgment in favor of defendant Yamaha Motor Corporation, U.S.A. (Yamaha) on his products liability claim. Persuaded that, on the facts of the instant case, Yamaha was not responsible for any design defect in the product which allegedly caused injury to Trevino by virtue of the substantial modification of that product by a third party, we affirm the district court....

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