HYUNDAI MOTOR CO. v. CHANDLER

No. 13-92-145-CV.

882 S.W.2d 606 (1994)

HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Hyundai Motor America, and Leland Hyundai, Inc., Appellants, v. Chloe J. CHANDLER, Individually and as an Heir of the Estate of Pele Anne Chandler, Jesse Srader, and Shannon Modrell, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Corpus Christi.

Rehearing Overruled November 3, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles B. Kirklin, David Scott Curcio, Tim S. Leonard, Kirklin, Boudreaux & Leonard, Vance Christopher, Kathleen Hopkins Alsina, Joseph Y. Ahmad, Crain, Caton & James, Steven Ellinger, Stauffacher Associates, Inc., Houston, TX, for appellants.

Mike O'Brien, Robert L. Collins, Terrill L. Flenniken, J. Preston Wrotenbery, Hirsch, Glover, Robinson & Sheiness, Houston, for appellees.

Before DORSEY, FEDERICO G. HINOJOSA, Jr. and YAÑEZ, JJ.


OPINION

FEDERICO G. HINOJOSA, Jr., Justice.

This is an appeal from a products liability suit involving a 1986 Hyundai Excel automobile. The suit arose when the Excel left the road and hit a tree, killing Pele Chandler (the left rear seat passenger) and injuring Shannon Modrell (the driver), Jesse Srader, (the front seat passenger), and Susan Englishbee (the right rear seat passenger).

In August 1987...

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