HERNANDEZ v. AMERICAN APPLIANCE MFG.

No. 13-91-082-CV.

827 S.W.2d 383 (1992)

Blancea Suarez HERNANDEZ, Individually and as Administaratrix of the Estate of Adam A.Suarez, Sr., Deceased, and as Next Friend of Adam F. Suarez, Jr. and Stephanie Rosanne Suarez, Minors; and Intervenors Gloria Reyna, as Next Friend of Adam Suarez and Angel Ray Suarez, Minors; and Abraham and Josephine Suarez, Parents of Adam Suarez, Sr., Deceased, Mary Esther Licerio as Next Friend of Roxanne Garcia, a Minor Child, Appellants, v. AMERICAN APPLIANCE MANUFATURING CORPORATION, a Subsidiary of MOR-FLO Industries, Inc., Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Corpus Christi.

Rehearing Overruled March 5, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul J. Raleigh, Corpus Christi, for appellants.

Carlos Villarreal, Hunt, Hermansen, McKibben & Barger, Corpus Christi, for appellee.

Before NYE, C.J., SEERDEN and BISSETT, JJ.


OPINION

BISSETT, Justice (Assigned).

This is an appeal from a "take-nothing" judgment rendered in a wrongful death and survival action. Adam E. Suarez died as a result of burns sustained by him when flammable vapors of adhesive glue were ignited by the pilot light of a water heater. He was injured in the resulting fire on August 21, 1984 and died on September 14, 1984.

At the time of his death, Adam E...

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