McGUIRE v. JOSEPH E. SEAGRAM & SONS, INC.

No. 09-89-092 CV.

790 S.W.2d 842 (1990)

Ronald Wayne McGUIRE, Appellant, v. JOSEPH E. SEAGRAM & SONS, INC., et al., Appellees. John W. BENOIT, Individually and as Representative of the Estate of Eva Mae Benoit, et al., Appellants, v. JOSEPH E. SEAGRAM & SONS, INC., et al., Appellees. David FREEMAN & Inez Freeman, Appellants, v. HIRAM WALKER INCORPORATED, et al., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Beaumont.

Rehearing Denied June 11, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter Umphrey, Beaumont, Robert M. Campbell, Harold Nix & Associates, Daingerfield, for appellants.

O.J. Weber, Regi Martin, Elizabeth B. Pratt, Mehaffy, Weber, Keith & Gonsoulin, Beaumont, David W. Ichel, Michael V. Corrigan, Bruce I. March, Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett, New York City, Gilbert I. Low, Orgain, Bell & Tucker, Beaumont, Theodore Voorhees, Jr., Charles Lister, Laird Hart, Steven F. Reich, Washington, D.C., Edward H. Green, Michael R. McGown, Weller, Wheelus & Green, Beaumont, Rebecca F. Schupbach, Brown-Forman Corp., Louisville, Ky., Kent M. Adams, Adams, Duesler & Donaldson, David E. Bernsen, David E. Grove, Benckenstein, Norvell, Bernsen & Nathan, David W. Ledyard, Richard L. Scheer, Strong, Pipkin, Nelson & Bissell, Beaumont, Tex., for appellees.


OPINION

BROOKSHIRE, Justice.

Three separate litigations were consolidated for appeal. Although there are several plaintiffs, they will be referred to for brevity as McGuire; the several defendants will be referred to as Seagram. The latest live pleading of McGuire is his Fifth Amended Original Petition. In that petition McGuire seeks damages for certain diseases, bodily injuries, financial ruin, mental anguish...

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