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JOHN DEERE CO. v. MAY

No. 10-88-140-CV.

773 S.W.2d 369 (1989)

JOHN DEERE COMPANY, et al., Appellants, v. Jacklyn MAY, Individually and as Representative of the Estate of Robert May and as Next Friend of Teresa May, a minor, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Waco.

Rehearing Denied June 15, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan E. Crowley, Hays, McConn, Price & Pickering, Robert D. Green, Law Offices of Robert D. Green, Houston, for appellants.

Ernest H. Cannon, Ernest Cannon & Associates, Houston, Roger Knight, Jr., Roger Knight, Jr., Inc., Madisonville, for appellee.

OPINION

THOMAS, Chief Justice.

Robert May was killed in August 1984 when a John Deere 450C bulldozer backed over him. His wife and minor daughter filed a product-liability and wrongful-death suit against John Deere and its local distributor, Hyco Equipment, and recovered a $2,652,000 judgment for actual and exemplary damages. Points on appeal relate to the admissibility of other incidents involving John Deere dozers and the evidentiary support for certain...

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