JAFFE AIRCRAFT CORP. v. CARR

No. 3329.

867 S.W.2d 27 (1993)

JAFFE AIRCRAFT CORPORATION and Jafftech Industries, Inc. v. Mary CARR, Individually and as Representative of the Estate of Nathan Henry Carr; Henry and Mary M. Johnson Carr, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided December 8, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John H. Martin, Deborah G. Hankinson, Beverly Ray Burlingame, Dallas, Kenneth L. Fuller, San Antonio, for petitioners.

Charles Nicholson, Warren N. Weir, Scott Roberts, San Antonio, Risley C. Triche, Napoleonville, LA, Pat Maloney, Sr., San Antonio, for respondents.


DOGGETT, Justice, delivered the opinion of the Court, in which PHILLIPS, Chief Justice and HIGHTOWER, HECHT, CORNYN, GAMMAGE, ENOCH and SPECTOR, Justices, join.

In this appeal we determine that the Court of Appeals applied an incorrect legal standard in its review of the factual sufficiency of the evidence supporting a jury finding.

This action arises from the death of Nathan Carr, a passenger in a prototype aircraft, which crashed during a demonstration flight...

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