OWENS-CORNING FIBERGLAS CORP. v. MALONE

Nos. 96-0287, 96-0512.

972 S.W.2d 35 (1998)

OWENS-CORNING FIBERGLAS CORPORATION, Petitioner, v. Roy MALONE et al., Respondents. OWENS-CORNING FIBERGLAS CORPORATION, Petitioner, v. Barbara WASIAK, et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided June 5, 1998.

Rehearing Overruled August 25, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry L. Simms, Mark A. Perry, Washington, DC, Kevin F. Risley, Houston, for Petitioner in No. 96-0287.

Kevin F. Risley, N. Terry Adams, Jr., Houston, Larry L. Simms, Mark A. Perry, Washington, DC, for Petitioners in No. 96-0512.

David M. Gunn, Lawrence Madeksho, Robert E. Ballard, Houston, for Respondents in No. 96-0287.

Brent M. Rosenthal, Russell W. Budd, Janice Pennington, Dallas, for Respondents in No. 96-0512.


BAKER, Justice, delivered the opinion of the Court in which GONZALEZ, SPECTOR, ABBOTT and HANKINSON, Justices, join, and in which PHILLPS, Chief Justice, and ENOCH, Justice, join in all but part II.B.1.

We granted applications for writ of error in these product liability cases to consider two issues. First, in Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation v. Malone, we consider what evidence, beyond a defendant's net worth, is relevant and admissible when a defendant...

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