OWENS-CORNING FIBERGLAS CORP. v. SCHMIDT

No. 09-94-345 CV.

935 S.W.2d 520 (1996)

OWENS-CORNING FIBERGLAS CORPORATION, Appellant, v. Rita Mae SCHMIDT, et ux, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Beaumont.

Rehearing Overruled January 10, 1997.

As Corrected January 15, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Layne Walker, Beaumont, for Guardian Ad Litem.

Jerry Kacal, Dunn, Kacal, Adams, Livingston, Houston, James D. Stanton, DeHay & Elliston, L.L.P., Dallas, Charles R. Dunn, Dunn, Kacal, Adams, Pappas & Law, Houston, Paul J. Holmes, Beaumont, T. John Ward, Brown, McCarroll & Oaks Hartline, Edward M. Carstarphen, Woodard, Hall & Primm, P.C., Kevin F. Risley, Gilpin, Paxson & Bersch, Houston, David W. Starnes, Bush, Lewis & Roebuck, R. Lyn Stevens, Stevens & Baldo, Beaumont, Thomas Walston, Keith & Weber, Johnson City, for Appellant.

Herschel L. Hobson, Joseph C. Blanks, Beaumont, for Appellee.

Before BURGESS, STOVER and FARRIS, JJ.


OPINION

FARRIS, Justice (Assigned).

The appellee, Rita Mae Schmidt1 sued fifteen defendants alleging she had suffered mesothelioma caused by exposure to asbestos manufactured by the defendants. Nine defendants settled and the liability of the remaining six was submitted to the jury. The jury absolved four defendants of any fault and assessed fifty percent of responsibility to each of the remaining two defendants. Three of the...

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