SOSA v. CENTRAL POWER & LIGHT CO.

No. 04-94-00378-CV.

901 S.W.2d 562 (1995)

Lydia SOSA, Individually and as Next Friend of Andres Sosa, Cynthia Sosa, and Robert Sosa, Minor Children, and Jesse Sosa, Appellants, v. CENTRAL POWER & LIGHT COMPANY, Houston Lighting & Power Company, and General Electric Company, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, San Antonio.

Rehearing Overruled June 12, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hugo Xavier De Los Santos, San Antonio, Eugene Zemp DuBose, Dallas, for appellants.

J. Clifford Gunter, III, Marc F. Wiegand, Bracewell & Patterson, L.L.P., Houston, Kay Andrews, Richard T. McCarroll, Brown McCarroll & Oaks Hartline, John H. McLeod, Larry F. York, Kevin M. Sadler, Baker & Botts, L.L.P., Austin, F. Walter Conrad, Jr., Baker & Botts, L.L.P., Houston, for appellees.

Before RICKHOFF, HARDBERGER and DUNCAN, JJ.


DUNCAN, Justice.

The Sosas sued Central Power & Light, Houston Power & Light, and General Electric ("the defendants") for the wrongful death of Mr. Sosa as a result of liver disease allegedly caused by the defendants' wrongfully exposing Mr. Sosa to toxic chemicals at a job site. The trial court granted the defendants' motions for summary judgment, which asserted that the summary judgment proof— including the factual allegations in the Sosas' First...

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