FORD MOTOR CO. v. SHELDON

No. 03-97-00074-CV.

965 S.W.2d 65 (1998)

FORD MOTOR COMPANY, INC.; Leif Johnson Ford, Inc.; and Fred Capedeville, Appellants, v. Barry SHELDON, Matthew Rueter, Margaret Dunayer, John Porter, William Dobbs, James Beasley, and B.J. Sanders, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Austin.

Rehearing Overruled April 30, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jessie A. Amos, John Coates, Brown McCarroll & Oaks Hartline, Austin, for Appellants.

Ray N. Donley, Steve McConnico, Scott Douglass & McConnico, Austin, for Appellees.

Before CARROLL, C.J., and ABOUSSIE and B.A. SMITH, JJ.


ABOUSSIE, Justice.

Ford Motor Company, Inc., Leif Johnson Ford, Inc., and Fred Capedeville (collectively, "Ford") complain in this interlocutory appeal that the trial court incorrectly certified appellees' suit as a class action. We will modify the order, and affirm it as modified.

                             The Trial Court Action

         Apellees purchased various Ford models on which the paint peeled:

Appellee
                    
                    
                    

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