DRESSER INDUSTRIES INC. v. LEE

No. 12-90-00182-CV.

821 S.W.2d 406 (1991)

DRESSER INDUSTRIES, INC., Appellant, v. Arthur B. LEE, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Tyler.

Rehearing Denied February 11, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Smith, Longview, Mike Hatchell, Molly Anderson, Tyler, for appellant.

Blake Bailey, Tyler, for appellee.


COLLEY, Justice.

This is a strict products liability case. Plaintiff/appellee Arthur B. Lee, an employee of Tyler Pipe Industries, Inc. from 1964 to 1972, became unable to work in 1985 due to a debilitating lung disease diagnosed as "silicosis." It is undisputed that such disease was brought on by inhalation of tiny particles of air-borne silica, referred to herein as "silica flour," which embeds itself in lung tissue,...

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