HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY; Hyundai Motor America, Inc.; and Port City Hyundai, Inc., Appellants,
v.
Mario ALVARADO, Appellee.
Court of Appeals of Texas, San Antonio.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
November 25, 1998.
Rehearing Overruled February 5, 1999.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Ruth Greenfield Malinas, David M. Prichard, Ball & Weed, P.C., Thomas H. Crofts, Jr., Crofts, Callaway & jefferson, P.C., San Antonio, David E. Keltner, Jose, Henry, Brantley & Keltner, L.L.P., Keith D. Calcote, Haynes and Boone, L.L.P., Fort Worth, for Appellant.
Steve T. Hastings, Huerta, Hastings & Allison, Rose Rivera Vela, Barger & Moss, L.L.P., Corpus Christi, Rebecca E. Hamilton, Todd W. White, White, White & Hamilton, P.C., Rockwall, Guy H. Allison, The Allison Law Firm, Corpus Christi, for Appellee.
Before PHIL HARDBERGER, Chief Justice, ALMA L. LÓPEZ, Justice and BILL J. STEPHENS, Justice.
Court of Appeals of Texas, San Antonio.
OPINION
PHIL HARDBERGER, Chief Justice.
This product liability suit against an automobile manufacturer, Hyundai,2 resulted in a jury verdict of $18 million. The suit was premised on the failure of a seatbelt to restrain Mario Alvarado ("Mario"), an occupant of a vehicle during an automobile accident. As a result of the injuries he sustained in the accident, Mario is permanently paralyzed from his mid-chest downwards. The jury...
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