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WILLIAMS v. TEXACO REFINING & MARKETING

No. 01-93-00005-CV.

868 S.W.2d 873 (1993)

Valerie Gordon WILLIAMS, Idessa Beatrice Chuka, Mollie Sue Gordon, Dollie Lue Gordon Adedoyin, Annie Marie Gordon, Barbara Ann Marrow, Teresa Ann Gordon, James Earl Gordon, Carl Elwood Gordon, Gearldine Gordon, Leon Gordon, Leroy Gordon, and Tracy Marie Gordon, Appellants, v. TEXACO REFINING & MARKETING, INC., Star Enterprise, John J. Fietsam, John J. Fietsam, Inc., Fleetwood Travel Trailers of Texas, Inc., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Houston (1st Dist.).

December 16, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Coleman, Bartlett & Associates a Professional Corp., Thomas Lee Bartlett, Tom F. Coleman, Houston, for appellants.

Doyle, Reed, Restrepo, Harvin & Robbins, Michael D. Robbins, Bradley M. Whalen, Elizabeth G. Schiffer, Houston, for appellees.

Before MIRABAL, COHEN and HEDGES, JJ.

OPINION

MIRABAL, Justice.

The question presented is whether a common-law cause of action, for tortious injury to a familial relationship, exists in favor of the surviving brothers and sisters of a deceased. The trial court ruled that no such cause of action exists. We affirm.

The mother, children, and 13 surviving siblings of Willie James Gordon sued appellees Texaco Refining & Marketing, Inc. ("Texaco"), Star Enterprise ("Star"), John J. Fietsam...

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